The local space context of Damascus 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 | 33.510° N, 36.291° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,569,394 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 71 km NE (49°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 79 km NW (306°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 183 km NNE (12°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 228 km NE (43°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 233 km SW (220°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 234 km SW (214°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 272 km SW (233°) | 32.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 297 km NNE (19°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Negev Desert test site, Hadarom Hanegev, Israel | 304 km SSW (204°) | 31.000° N, 35.000° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 327 km E (100°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 341 km NNE (11°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 439 km E (82°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Deversoir Air Base | 507 km SW (228°) | 30.423° N, 32.335° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 582 km ESE (105°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 583 km ESE (104°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 13 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, 20,203 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.510° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,048 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 51.0° 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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