The local space context of Belém 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 | 1.456° S, 48.504° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,499,641 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLA, Alcantara Space Center | 470 km ESE (102°) | 2.317° S, 44.367° W | gcat-sites |
| Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise | 881 km NNW (328°) | 5.233° N, 52.752° W | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANBIT-Nano | InnoSat-0 | 469 km ESE (102°) | 2.317° S, 44.369° W | launchlibrary |
| Vega-C | Sentinel-3C & FLEX | 882 km NNW (328°) | 5.236° N, 52.775° W | launchlibrary |
| Ariane 62 | MTG-I2 | 885 km NNW (328°) | 5.256° N, 52.787° W | launchlibrary |
| Ariane 64 Block 2 | Amazon Leo (LE-04) | 885 km NNW (328°) | 5.256° N, 52.787° W | launchlibrary |
| Ariane 62 | Galileo L15 (FOC FM28 & FM31) | 885 km NNW (328°) | 5.256° N, 52.787° W | launchlibrary |
| Ariane 62 | Metop-SG B1 | 885 km NNW (328°) | 5.256° N, 52.787° W | launchlibrary |
| Ariane 64 | GO-1 | 885 km NNW (328°) | 5.256° N, 52.787° W | launchlibrary |
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, 22,617 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 1.456° S, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 634 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 northern sky and stands 88.3° above the horizon due north — 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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