The local space context of Bannu 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 | 32.985° N, 70.604° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,357,890 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilla Firing Range, Malute, Jhelum region, Punjab, Pakistan | 255 km E (79°) | 33.400° N, 73.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Kattakurgan missile base, Samarkand region | 860 km NNW (335°) | 39.900° N, 66.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Sonmiani Range, Sonmiani Beach, Baluchistan, Pakistan | 943 km SSW (204°) | 25.200° N, 66.750° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokhran | 664 km S (170°) | 27.100° N, 71.750° E | nuclear-tests |
| Ras Koh (Chagai) | 715 km SW (230°) | 28.760° N, 64.950° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smiling Buddha | 665 km S (170°) | 27.080° N, 71.720° E | nukes |
| SHAKTI 1-3 | 666 km S (171°) | 27.070° N, 71.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| SHAKTI4 | 666 km S (171°) | 27.070° N, 71.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| Chagai-I | 711 km SW (231°) | 28.830° N, 64.940° E | nukes |
| TELKEM-2 | 808 km NE (54°) | 37.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| PAKISTAN test 2450964 | 821 km SW (234°) | 28.490° N, 63.780° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439998 | 822 km NW (325°) | 38.890° N, 65.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439399 | 848 km NW (321°) | 38.800° N, 64.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| CRATER | 923 km NW (305°) | 37.400° N, 62.000° 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, 20,211 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.985° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,040 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 51.6° 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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