The local space context of Córdoba 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 | 31.407° S, 64.189° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,106,734 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poligono de Salinas Grandes, Serrezuela, Cordoba | 151 km WNW (304°) | 30.650° S, 65.500° W | gcat-sites |
| Centro de Ensayo y Lanzamiento de Proyectiles Autopropulsados | 248 km NW (304°) | 30.130° S, 66.317° W | gcat-sites |
| Villa Reynolds Air Base, Mercedes, San Luis province, Argentina | 281 km SSW (203°) | 33.730° S, 65.380° W | gcat-sites |
| Puente del Inca, Mendoza, Argentina | 561 km WSW (252°) | 32.820° S, 69.910° W | gcat-sites |
| Las Palmas, Chaco, Argentina | 710 km NE (49°) | 27.130° S, 58.750° W | gcat-sites |
| CELPA Atlantica, Mar Chiquita, Buenos Aires, Argentina | 938 km SE (141°) | 37.750° S, 57.420° W | gcat-sites |
| Tartagal, Salta, Argentina | 961 km N (2°) | 22.770° S, 63.820° W | gcat-sites |
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, 20,245 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.407° S, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,006 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 northern sky and stands 53.4° above the horizon due north — 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
then stand at Córdoba in Stargazing — it computes which satellites are visible now, from this
registry, in your browser.