The local space context of Beirut 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 | 33.893° N, 35.502° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,916,100 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 10 km ENE (66°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 127 km E (88°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 176 km NE (39°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 234 km SSW (199°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 244 km SSW (193°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 253 km SW (214°) | 32.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 260 km ENE (61°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 292 km NE (35°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 324 km NNE (25°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Negev Desert test site, Hadarom Hanegev, Israel | 325 km S (188°) | 31.000° N, 35.000° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 408 km ESE (104°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Deversoir Air Base | 488 km SW (219°) | 30.423° N, 32.335° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 507 km E (87°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jabal Hamzah | 623 km SW (229°) | 30.127° N, 30.607° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 664 km ESE (106°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 13 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, 20,202 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.893° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,049 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 50.6° 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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