The local space context of Copenhagen 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 | 55.676° N, 12.566° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,153,615 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zingst Range, MMR-06 pad, DDR | 164 km S (177°) | 54.200° N, 12.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde, Usedom, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 185 km SSE (154°) | 54.173° N, 13.801° E | gcat-sites |
| Centralny Poligon Sil Powietrzynch | 286 km ESE (114°) | 54.550° N, 16.610° E | gcat-sites |
| Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Deutschland | 319 km SW (233°) | 53.870° N, 8.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 324 km SE (139°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| Leba (Ustka), Slupsk, Pomerania, Polska | 331 km ESE (105°) | 54.780° N, 17.550° E | gcat-sites |
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 419 km ESE (121°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Marka Range, Lista, Norway | 425 km NW (313°) | 58.200° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 526 km SW (223°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 534 km SW (226°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 540 km SW (230°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hellendoorn/Eelerberg | 540 km SW (230°) | 52.410° N, 6.430° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Stavorem, Friesland | 558 km WSW (239°) | 52.900° N, 5.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Artillerie Schietkamp, t'Harde | 566 km SW (233°) | 52.395° N, 5.923° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 613 km SW (218°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 12 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| RFA One | Maiden Flight | 964 km NW (312°) | 60.817° N, 0.763° 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, 9,819 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 55.676° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,432 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 26.5° 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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