The local space context of Hamburg 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 | 53.551° N, 9.993° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,973,896 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Deutschland | 92 km WNW (293°) | 53.870° N, 8.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Zingst Range, MMR-06 pad, DDR | 192 km ENE (67°) | 54.200° N, 12.700° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 242 km SW (229°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 255 km SW (236°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde, Usedom, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 259 km ENE (73°) | 54.173° N, 13.801° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 269 km WSW (243°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hellendoorn/Eelerberg | 270 km WSW (243°) | 52.410° N, 6.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Artillerie Schietkamp, t'Harde | 301 km WSW (246°) | 52.395° N, 5.923° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Stavorem, Friesland | 314 km WSW (259°) | 52.900° N, 5.400° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 325 km SW (217°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 371 km SSW (205°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 382 km E (90°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Beukenhorst mansion, Vught, Nederlanden | 383 km WSW (238°) | 51.624° N, 5.289° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 389 km SW (215°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Den Haag-Wassenaar | 409 km WSW (250°) | 52.130° N, 4.380° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 14 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, 10,044 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 53.551° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,207 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° | 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 28.8° 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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