The local space context of Berlin 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 | 52.524° N, 13.411° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 3,426,354 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde, Usedom, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 185 km N (8°) | 54.173° N, 13.801° E | gcat-sites |
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 187 km ENE (56°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| Zingst Range, MMR-06 pad, DDR | 192 km NNW (346°) | 54.200° N, 12.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Centralny Poligon Sil Powietrzynch | 309 km NE (42°) | 54.550° N, 16.610° E | gcat-sites |
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 329 km ENE (67°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Deutschland | 348 km WNW (297°) | 53.870° N, 8.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Leba (Ustka), Slupsk, Pomerania, Polska | 370 km NE (46°) | 54.780° N, 17.550° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 418 km W (266°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 444 km W (268°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 449 km WSW (242°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 452 km WSW (253°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 472 km W (271°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hellendoorn/Eelerberg | 473 km W (271°) | 52.410° N, 6.430° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 502 km WSW (248°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Artillerie Schietkamp, t'Harde | 507 km W (271°) | 52.395° N, 5.923° 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, 15,079 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 52.524° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 8,172 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 29.9° 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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