The local space context of Ashgabat as this registry holds it — the catalogued human footprint on the ground around it, the orbits that can pass overhead, and the geostationary belt seen from here.
| position | 37.950° N, 58.383° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,030,063 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14th Tactical Air Base, Mashhad | 221 km SSE (149°) | 36.234° N, 59.640° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown mobile launch sites in Semnan province, poss. near Shahrud | 332 km SW (236°) | 36.230° N, 55.330° E | gcat-sites |
| Imam Reza Space Ctr, Damghan (Shahroud), Iran (Dasht-E-Kabir?) | 332 km SW (236°) | 36.230° N, 55.330° E | gcat-sites |
| Semnan missile launch site, Iran | 500 km SW (234°) | 35.235° N, 53.921° E | gcat-sites |
| Garmsar Missile Test Range | 620 km WSW (240°) | 35.026° N, 52.473° E | gcat-sites |
| Kattakurgan missile base, Samarkand region | 718 km ENE (70°) | 39.900° N, 66.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Qom test site, Markazi, Iran | 764 km WSW (244°) | 34.650° N, 50.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Dasht-E-Kabir, Iran (Khatami Air Base?) | 827 km SW (228°) | 32.750° N, 51.850° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iran? | 951 km WSW (245°) | 34.000° N, 49.000° E | gcat-sites |
| GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | 973 km NNE (22°) | 46.000° N, 63.000° E | gcat-sites |
| NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | 973 km NNE (22°) | 46.000° N, 63.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Sary Ozek missile base, Kazakhstan | 982 km NE (50°) | 43.300° N, 67.650° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-29 | 991 km NNE (24°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-35 (96P) | 991 km NNE (24°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P) | 991 km NNE (24°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRATER | 324 km E (100°) | 37.400° N, 62.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439399 | 541 km ENE (78°) | 38.800° N, 64.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439998 | 594 km ENE (78°) | 38.890° N, 65.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440944 | 717 km NNW (336°) | 43.810° N, 54.820° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440562 | 717 km NNW (336°) | 43.790° N, 54.750° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446175 | 723 km N (357°) | 44.440° N, 57.930° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440933 | 724 km NNW (336°) | 43.870° N, 54.780° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435506 | 921 km NNE (13°) | 46.000° N, 61.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| MERIDIAN | 928 km NE (52°) | 42.700° N, 67.400° E | nuclear-tests |
Distances are great-circle on a sphere of mean radius 6,371 km; bearings are initial true bearings from the city. Each position is the source catalogue's own, read back from the registry.
Of the 23,251 artificial objects the registry places in Earth orbit on 2026-10-18, 20,012 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 37.950° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,239 never reach this latitude.
| space station | inclination | can pass overhead |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Xiang | 85.0° | yes |
| International Space Station (+3 docked records) | 51.6° | yes |
| Kosmos-382 | 55.9° | yes |
| Tianhe | 41.5° | yes |
Computed: an orbit's equatorial inclination bounds the latitudes its track reaches (inclination i, or 180° − i when retrograde), from the orbital elements the registry holds. «Can pass overhead» is geometry, not a schedule — when, and whether it is lit and visible, depends on the hour.
The geostationary belt arcs across the southern sky and stands 46.0° above the horizon due south — the elevation to aim at for a satellite at this city's own longitude. Computed: spherical Earth (equatorial radius 6,378.137 km), circular orbit of one sidereal day (42,164 km); good to a few tenths of a degree.
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