The local space context of Budapest 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 | 47.498° N, 19.041° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,741,041 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truppenubungsplatz Heidelager, Blizna, Krakow, Polska | 362 km NNE (33°) | 50.200° N, 21.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 682 km N (354°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 699 km NNW (342°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| Jupiter sites, Gioia del Colle, Italy | 768 km SSW (193°) | 40.760° N, 16.930° E | gcat-sites |
| Centralny Poligon Sil Powietrzynch | 802 km NNW (349°) | 54.550° N, 16.610° E | gcat-sites |
| Leba (Ustka), Slupsk, Pomerania, Polska | 816 km N (353°) | 54.780° N, 17.550° E | gcat-sites |
| Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde, Usedom, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 828 km NNW (336°) | 54.173° N, 13.801° E | gcat-sites |
| Alibey Test Range, Odessa, Ukraine | 863 km E (98°) | 45.815° N, 30.084° E | gcat-sites |
| Zingst Range, MMR-06 pad, DDR | 867 km NNW (332°) | 54.200° N, 12.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Belarus missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 872 km NE (51°) | 52.000° N, 29.000° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 884 km WNW (296°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| ATACMS launch location, Ukraine | 899 km ENE (64°) | 50.450° N, 30.520° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hermeskeil | 924 km WNW (290°) | 49.650° N, 6.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Akhtopol Meteorological Rocket Station | 925 km SE (127°) | 42.084° N, 27.952° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Merzig, N of Saar | 941 km WNW (288°) | 49.450° N, 6.600° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 4 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, 16,072 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 47.498° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,179 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° | 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 35.4° 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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