The local space context of Ha'il 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 | 27.522° N, 41.691° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 605,930 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile launcher, S of An Najaf | 452 km NNE (31°) | 31.000° N, 44.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 504 km N (6°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 512 km N (6°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| NAMFI target launch site: either Ftena, Pachia or Makra | 569 km WSW (252°) | 25.800° N, 36.300° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 630 km NNW (343°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq | 648 km NNE (19°) | 33.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Kilometer 160, Ar Ramadi, Al Ambar, Iraq | 667 km NNE (11°) | 33.400° N, 43.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Umm Qasr (Um Qassir) | 672 km ENE (64°) | 30.050° N, 47.950° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Basra region | 680 km ENE (59°) | 30.500° N, 47.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 707 km NE (46°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 712 km NE (46°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 723 km N (355°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Negev Desert test site, Hadarom Hanegev, Israel | 755 km WNW (302°) | 31.000° N, 35.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 798 km NNE (25°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 807 km NW (307°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 13 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, 20,430 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 27.522° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,821 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 57.9° 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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