The local space context of Dushanbe 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 | 38.536° N, 68.779° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 679,400 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kattakurgan missile base, Samarkand region | 262 km NW (306°) | 39.900° N, 66.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Sary Ozek missile base, Kazakhstan | 538 km N (350°) | 43.300° N, 67.650° E | gcat-sites |
| Tilla Firing Range, Malute, Jhelum region, Punjab, Pakistan | 701 km SE (143°) | 33.400° N, 73.300° E | gcat-sites |
| 14th Tactical Air Base, Mashhad | 847 km WSW (255°) | 36.234° N, 59.640° E | gcat-sites |
| Sary Shagan Antimissile Test Center (NIIP-A, GNIIP-10), Balkash | 934 km NNE (20°) | 46.380° N, 72.870° E | gcat-sites |
| GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | 956 km NNW (332°) | 46.000° N, 63.000° E | gcat-sites |
| NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | 956 km NNW (332°) | 46.000° N, 63.000° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-29 | 933 km NNW (334°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-35 (96P) | 933 km NNW (334°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P) | 933 km NNW (334°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2439998 | 322 km W (278°) | 38.890° N, 65.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439399 | 373 km W (276°) | 38.800° N, 64.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| MERIDIAN | 477 km NNW (346°) | 42.700° N, 67.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| CRATER | 607 km W (260°) | 37.400° N, 62.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| MERIDIAN | 790 km N (354°) | 45.600° N, 67.800° E | nuclear-tests |
| TELKEM-2 | 828 km E (99°) | 37.000° N, 78.000° 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, 20,003 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 38.536° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,248 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 45.4° 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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