The local space context of Homs 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 | 34.724° N, 36.726° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 775,404 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hama missile base, Syria | 44 km N (358°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 90 km S (171°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 120 km ENE (75°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 136 km SW (230°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 156 km NNE (21°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 202 km N (8°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 343 km SE (125°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 366 km SSW (212°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 371 km SSW (208°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 395 km SW (221°) | 32.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 400 km E (100°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Negev Desert test site, Hadarom Hanegev, Israel | 444 km SSW (202°) | 31.000° N, 35.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 543 km ENE (70°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 592 km ENE (77°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 594 km ESE (118°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 16 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, 20,184 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 34.724° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,067 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 49.7° 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
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