The local space context of Dammam 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 | 26.434° N, 50.103° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,252,523 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown PrSM launch location, Persian Gulf | 109 km NE (55°) | 27.000° N, 51.000° E | gcat-sites |
| US Navy interceptor launch point, Aegis ships, Arabian Sea | 199 km ENE (71°) | 27.000° N, 52.000° E | gcat-sites |
| US Navy interceptor launch point, Aegis ships, Persian Gulf | 199 km ENE (71°) | 27.000° N, 52.000° E | gcat-sites |
| South Shiraz Missile Base | 410 km NE (34°) | 29.464° N, 52.488° E | gcat-sites |
| Umm Qasr (Um Qassir) | 454 km NNW (333°) | 30.050° N, 47.950° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Basra region | 505 km NNW (334°) | 30.500° N, 47.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 664 km NNW (335°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 665 km NNW (335°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Dasht-E-Kabir, Iran (Khatami Air Base?) | 722 km NNE (13°) | 32.750° N, 51.850° E | gcat-sites |
| Bandar-e-Jask, Hormozgan | 771 km E (95°) | 25.644° N, 57.774° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launcher, S of An Najaf | 775 km NW (312°) | 31.000° N, 44.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Sulayil missile base, Saudi Arabia | 785 km SW (217°) | 20.719° N, 45.584° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iran? | 848 km N (353°) | 34.000° N, 49.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Qom test site, Markazi, Iran | 917 km N (5°) | 34.650° N, 50.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 923 km NNW (343°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 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, 20,511 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 26.434° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,740 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 59.1° 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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