The local space context of Ciudad Juárez 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 | 31.720° N, 106.461° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,512,450 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hueco Range, Fort Bliss, Texas | 20 km WNW (296°) | 31.800° N, 106.650° W | gcat-sites |
| White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico | 76 km N (355°) | 32.400° N, 106.530° W | gcat-sites |
| Alamagordo Army Air Field | 130 km NNE (15°) | 32.850° N, 106.103° W | gcat-sites |
| AFMDC, Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Air Force Base | 130 km NNE (15°) | 32.850° N, 106.103° W | gcat-sites |
| Holloman Air Development Center, New Mexico | 130 km NNE (15°) | 32.850° N, 106.103° W | gcat-sites |
| Spaceport America, New Mexico (9MN9) | 149 km NNW (341°) | 32.990° N, 106.970° W | gcat-sites |
| SouthWest Regional Spaceport (Spaceport America) New Mexico | 149 km NNW (341°) | 32.990° N, 106.970° W | gcat-sites |
| Blue Origin, West Texas Launch Site, Corn Ranch | 165 km E (101°) | 31.423° N, 104.757° W | gcat-sites |
| Walker AFB, Roswell, New Mexico | 252 km NE (45°) | 33.302° N, 104.531° W | gcat-sites |
| Datil, New Mexico | 293 km NNW (336°) | 34.122° N, 107.741° W | gcat-sites |
| Fort Wingate Depot Activity, New Mexico | 460 km NNW (335°) | 35.450° N, 108.600° W | gcat-sites |
| Dyess AFB, Texas | 627 km E (81°) | 32.421° N, 99.855° W | gcat-sites |
| Black Mesa, Blanding, Utah | 679 km NNW (338°) | 37.370° N, 109.290° W | gcat-sites |
| Altus AFB | 744 km ENE (62°) | 34.663° N, 99.274° W | gcat-sites |
| Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona | 750 km WNW (282°) | 32.870° N, 114.320° W | gcat-sites |
| … and 7 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Site | 218 km N (360°) | 33.680° N, 106.470° W | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity | 218 km N (360°) | 33.677° N, 106.476° W | nukes |
| GNOME | 227 km ENE (74°) | 32.250° N, 104.140° W | nuclear-tests |
| GASBUGGY | 554 km N (353°) | 36.670° N, 107.170° W | nuclear-tests |
| EGMONT | 698 km NW (314°) | 36.000° N, 112.000° W | nuclear-tests |
| RULISON | 875 km N (352°) | 39.500° N, 107.880° W | nuclear-tests |
| RIO BLANCO 1-3 | 914 km N (350°) | 39.793° N, 108.366° W | nuclear-tests |
| STACCATO | 928 km NW (313°) | 37.180° N, 114.120° W | nuclear-tests |
| PROJECT 57:1 | 979 km NW (309°) | 37.000° N, 115.000° W | nuclear-tests |
| DOUBLE TRACKS | 979 km NW (309°) | 37.000° N, 115.000° W | nuclear-tests |
| CLEAN SLATE:I | 979 km NW (309°) | 37.000° N, 115.000° W | nuclear-tests |
| CLEAN SLATE:II | 979 km NW (309°) | 37.000° N, 115.000° W | nuclear-tests |
| CLEAN SLATE:III | 979 km NW (309°) | 37.000° N, 115.000° W | nuclear-tests |
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, 20,240 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.720° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,011 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 53.1° 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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