The local space context of Diyarbakır 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 | 37.914° N, 40.217° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,833,684 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 266 km SE (132°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 321 km WSW (242°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 329 km SW (231°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 352 km SE (132°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Rize-Artvin Havalimani | 366 km N (8°) | 41.169° N, 40.829° E | gcat-sites |
| Derecik missile base | 372 km ESE (103°) | 37.074° N, 44.304° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 380 km SSW (212°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 441 km S (171°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 441 km SW (226°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown Iskander launch site, Armenia | 448 km NE (54°) | 40.180° N, 44.510° E | gcat-sites |
| Kirkuk region, Iraq | 461 km SE (125°) | 35.470° N, 44.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Tabriz Missile Base S | 522 km E (87°) | 37.978° N, 46.176° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 535 km SW (215°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 556 km S (185°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Missile base, Kurdistan province, Iran | 556 km ESE (111°) | 36.000° N, 46.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 22 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evpatoria RT-70 | 997 km NNW (326°) | 45.189° N, 33.187° E | signals |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2440491 | 905 km N (11°) | 45.880° N, 42.490° E | nuclear-tests |
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, 20,012 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 37.914° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,239 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 46.1° 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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