The local space context of Barnaul 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 | 53.362° N, 83.728° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 632,372 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleysk missile site, Russia | 120 km SW (215°) | 52.479° N, 82.699° E | gcat-sites |
| Uzhur missile site, Russia | 470 km ENE (62°) | 55.207° N, 90.253° E | gcat-sites |
| Krasnoyarsk missile site, Russia | 634 km ENE (56°) | 56.230° N, 92.290° E | gcat-sites |
| Omsk missile base, Russia | 685 km WNW (291°) | 55.160° N, 73.635° E | gcat-sites |
| Kansk, Krasnoyarsk region | 829 km ENE (63°) | 56.200° N, 95.700° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semipalatinsk Test Site | 517 km SW (227°) | 50.070° N, 78.430° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| KVARTS | 363 km NE (39°) | 55.835° N, 87.408° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446037 | 418 km SSW (208°) | 50.000° N, 81.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445992 | 454 km SW (216°) | 50.000° N, 80.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441680 | 478 km WSW (250°) | 51.700° N, 77.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445330 | 488 km SW (223°) | 50.066° N, 79.043° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445659 | 488 km SW (223°) | 50.066° N, 79.036° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2444062 | 489 km SW (223°) | 50.050° N, 79.060° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2447478 | 490 km SW (224°) | 50.078° N, 78.988° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441133 | 491 km SW (222°) | 50.000° N, 79.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2447772 | 492 km SW (223°) | 50.039° N, 79.019° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2447327 | 492 km SW (223°) | 50.045° N, 79.005° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446037 | 493 km SW (222°) | 49.990° N, 79.070° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2444601 | 494 km SW (223°) | 50.010° N, 79.030° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2443817 | 494 km SW (223°) | 50.030° N, 78.980° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2442939 | 494 km SW (222°) | 49.980° N, 79.070° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 467 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, 10,050 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 53.362° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,201 never reach this latitude.
| space station | inclination | can pass overhead |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Xiang | 85.0° | yes |
| International Space Station (+3 docked records) | 51.6° | no — its track stops at 51.6° |
| Kosmos-382 | 55.9° | yes |
| Tianhe | 41.5° | no — its track stops at 41.5° |
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 29.0° 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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