The local space context of Gothenburg 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 | 57.707° N, 11.967° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 608,462 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marka Range, Lista, Norway | 281 km WNW (283°) | 58.200° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Zingst Range, MMR-06 pad, DDR | 393 km S (173°) | 54.200° N, 12.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde, Usedom, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 409 km SSE (163°) | 54.173° N, 13.801° E | gcat-sites |
| Centralny Poligon Sil Powietrzynch | 454 km SE (139°) | 54.550° N, 16.610° E | gcat-sites |
| Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Deutschland | 473 km SSW (207°) | 53.870° N, 8.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Leba (Ustka), Slupsk, Pomerania, Polska | 474 km SE (131°) | 54.780° N, 17.550° E | gcat-sites |
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 532 km SSE (152°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 593 km SE (138°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Stavorem, Friesland | 676 km SW (221°) | 52.900° N, 5.400° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hellendoorn/Eelerberg | 686 km SSW (213°) | 52.410° N, 6.430° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 686 km SSW (213°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 690 km SSW (210°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 691 km SSW (208°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Artillerie Schietkamp, t'Harde | 704 km SW (216°) | 52.395° N, 5.923° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Den Haag-Wassenaar | 786 km SW (221°) | 52.130° N, 4.380° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 10 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| RFA One | Maiden Flight | 800 km WNW (301°) | 60.817° N, 0.763° W | launchlibrary |
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, 9,716 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 57.707° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,535 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° | no — its track stops at 55.9° |
| 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 24.4° 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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