The local space context of Düsseldorf 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 | 51.223° N, 6.779° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 618,685 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 30 km E (99°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 64 km S (179°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 104 km NNE (20°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 108 km SE (138°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 111 km N (4°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Beukenhorst mansion, Vught, Nederlanden | 113 km WNW (294°) | 51.624° N, 5.289° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Fraiture, Vielsalm, Ardennes | 129 km SW (214°) | 50.258° N, 5.752° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 133 km N (350°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hellendoorn/Eelerberg | 134 km N (350°) | 52.410° N, 6.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Artillerie Schietkamp, t'Harde | 143 km NNW (336°) | 52.395° N, 5.923° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown V2 WWII launch site, Europe | 147 km SSW (202°) | 50.000° N, 6.000° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Houffalize, Belgium | 149 km SSW (208°) | 50.040° N, 5.790° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hermeskeil | 175 km S (177°) | 49.650° N, 6.900° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Den Haag-Wassenaar | 194 km WNW (302°) | 52.130° N, 4.380° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Merzig, N of Saar | 198 km S (184°) | 49.450° N, 6.600° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 23 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, 15,718 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 51.223° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,533 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° | no — its track stops at 41.5° |
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 31.4° 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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