The local space context of Gaziantep 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 | 37.059° N, 37.383° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,222,415 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 67 km SSW (207°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 114 km S (181°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 224 km SSW (196°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 236 km SSE (166°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 351 km S (188°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 384 km SSW (205°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 457 km E (99°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 472 km SE (135°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 507 km SSE (154°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 533 km ESE (104°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Rize-Artvin Havalimani | 545 km NNE (32°) | 41.169° N, 40.829° E | gcat-sites |
| Sinop missile test site, Turkey | 584 km NNW (342°) | 42.031° N, 35.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Derecik missile base | 614 km E (88°) | 37.074° N, 44.304° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 624 km SSW (204°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 632 km SSW (202°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 20 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evpatoria RT-70 | 970 km NNW (340°) | 45.189° N, 33.187° E | signals |
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, 20,022 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 37.059° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,229 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 47.0° 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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