The local space context of Baghdad 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 | 33.341° N, 44.401° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 7,216,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile launchers in Iraq | 53 km SW (225°) | 33.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 111 km NE (48°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Kilometer 160, Ar Ramadi, Al Ambar, Iraq | 121 km W (273°) | 33.400° N, 43.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Kirkuk region, Iraq | 237 km N (360°) | 35.470° N, 44.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 240 km SW (236°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 248 km SW (235°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launcher, S of An Najaf | 262 km S (186°) | 31.000° N, 44.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 285 km ENE (66°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 293 km NNW (337°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 305 km ESE (123°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 307 km ESE (122°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 323 km WNW (284°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Missile base, Kurdistan province, Iran | 330 km NNE (26°) | 36.000° N, 46.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 374 km NNW (331°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Derecik missile base | 415 km N (359°) | 37.074° N, 44.304° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 23 more within 1000 km | |||
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, 20,205 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.341° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,046 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 51.2° 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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