The local space context of Frankfurt am Main 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 | 50.115° N, 8.684° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 650,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 76 km NW (305°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hermeskeil | 138 km WSW (249°) | 49.650° N, 6.900° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 146 km WNW (295°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 158 km NW (319°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Merzig, N of Saar | 167 km WSW (244°) | 49.450° N, 6.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown V2 WWII launch site, Europe | 192 km W (267°) | 50.000° N, 6.000° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Houffalize, Belgium | 207 km W (269°) | 50.040° N, 5.790° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Fraiture, Vielsalm, Ardennes | 209 km W (275°) | 50.258° N, 5.752° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 241 km NNW (337°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 265 km NNW (333°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Beukenhorst mansion, Vught, Nederlanden | 291 km NW (306°) | 51.624° N, 5.289° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 298 km NNW (329°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hellendoorn/Eelerberg | 299 km NNW (329°) | 52.410° N, 6.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Camp de Suippes, Marne, France | 318 km WSW (252°) | 49.150° N, 4.530° E | gcat-sites |
| Artillerie Schietkamp, t'Harde | 318 km NW (324°) | 52.395° N, 5.923° 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, 15,743 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 50.115° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,508 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 32.6° 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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