The local space context of Buraydah 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 | 26.326° N, 43.975° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 745,353 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile launcher, S of An Najaf | 520 km N (1°) | 31.000° N, 44.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Umm Qasr (Um Qassir) | 568 km NE (42°) | 30.050° N, 47.950° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Basra region | 596 km NE (38°) | 30.500° N, 47.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Sulayil missile base, Saudi Arabia | 645 km SSE (165°) | 20.719° N, 45.584° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 656 km NNW (346°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 662 km NNW (346°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 680 km NNE (26°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 685 km NNE (26°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown PrSM launch location, Persian Gulf | 702 km E (82°) | 27.000° N, 51.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq | 742 km N (0°) | 33.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| NAMFI target launch site: either Ftena, Pachia or Makra | 769 km W (267°) | 25.800° N, 36.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Kilometer 160, Ar Ramadi, Al Ambar, Iraq | 791 km N (354°) | 33.400° N, 43.100° E | gcat-sites |
| US Navy interceptor launch point, Aegis ships, Arabian Sea | 801 km E (83°) | 27.000° N, 52.000° E | gcat-sites |
| US Navy interceptor launch point, Aegis ships, Persian Gulf | 801 km E (83°) | 27.000° N, 52.000° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 840 km NNW (332°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 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, 20,514 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 26.326° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,737 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 59.2° 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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