The local space context of Edmonton 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 | 53.550° N, 113.469° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,010,899 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, Alberta (meteorological rockets) | 233 km ENE (76°) | 54.000° N, 110.000° W | gcat-sites |
| Primrose Lake, Alberta | 260 km ENE (58°) | 54.750° N, 110.050° W | gcat-sites |
| Southend, Saskatchewan, Canada | 712 km ENE (61°) | 56.260° N, 103.360° W | gcat-sites |
| POMFPAC, Polaris Missile Facility, Pacific | 917 km SW (229°) | 47.746° N, 122.728° W | gcat-sites |
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, 10,044 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 53.550° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,207 never reach this latitude.
| space station | inclination | can pass overhead |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Xiang | 85.0° | yes |
| International Space Station (+3 docked records) | 51.6° | no — its track stops at 51.6° |
| 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 28.8° 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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