The local space context of Culiacán 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 | 24.802° N, 107.394° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 808,416 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, Mexico | 390 km SSE (148°) | 21.830° N, 105.370° W | gcat-sites |
| Blue Origin, West Texas Launch Site, Corn Ranch | 780 km NNE (19°) | 31.423° N, 104.757° W | gcat-sites |
| Hueco Range, Fort Bliss, Texas | 782 km N (5°) | 31.800° N, 106.650° W | gcat-sites |
| White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico | 849 km N (5°) | 32.400° N, 106.530° W | gcat-sites |
| Alamagordo Army Air Field | 904 km N (8°) | 32.850° N, 106.103° W | gcat-sites |
| AFMDC, Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Air Force Base | 904 km N (8°) | 32.850° N, 106.103° W | gcat-sites |
| Holloman Air Development Center, New Mexico | 904 km N (8°) | 32.850° N, 106.103° W | gcat-sites |
| Spaceport America, New Mexico (9MN9) | 911 km N (2°) | 32.990° N, 106.970° W | gcat-sites |
| SouthWest Regional Spaceport (Spaceport America) New Mexico | 911 km N (2°) | 32.990° N, 106.970° W | gcat-sites |
| Walker AFB, Roswell, New Mexico | 985 km NNE (16°) | 33.302° N, 104.531° W | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Site | 991 km N (5°) | 33.680° N, 106.470° W | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNOME | 887 km NNE (20°) | 32.250° N, 104.140° W | nuclear-tests |
| Trinity | 991 km N (5°) | 33.677° N, 106.476° W | nukes |
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, 20,587 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 24.802° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,664 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 61.0° 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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