The local space context of Erbil 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 | 36.191° N, 44.009° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,612,700 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkuk region, Iraq | 88 km SSE (156°) | 35.470° N, 44.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 93 km WSW (239°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Derecik missile base | 102 km NNE (15°) | 37.074° N, 44.304° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 144 km W (274°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Missile base, Kurdistan province, Iran | 180 km E (96°) | 36.000° N, 46.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 270 km SSE (154°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Tabriz Missile Base S | 276 km NE (43°) | 37.978° N, 46.176° E | gcat-sites |
| Kilometer 160, Ar Ramadi, Al Ambar, Iraq | 321 km SSW (195°) | 33.400° N, 43.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq | 355 km S (180°) | 33.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 357 km SE (124°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 366 km SW (229°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown Iskander launch site, Armenia | 446 km N (5°) | 40.180° N, 44.510° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 481 km SSW (200°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 490 km SSW (200°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iran? | 515 km ESE (117°) | 34.000° N, 49.000° 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, 20,039 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 36.191° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,212 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 48.0° 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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