The local space context of Indianapolis 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 | 39.768° N, 86.158° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 887,642 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wurtsmith AFB | 569 km NNE (23°) | 44.452° N, 83.380° W | gcat-sites |
| Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas | 757 km SW (226°) | 34.900° N, 92.150° W | gcat-sites |
| Robins AFB, Georgia | 825 km SSE (163°) | 32.640° N, 83.592° W | gcat-sites |
| Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland | 858 km E (98°) | 38.286° N, 76.408° W | gcat-sites |
| Keweenaw Rocket Launch Site (KRLS), Michigan | 861 km N (352°) | 47.430° N, 87.720° W | gcat-sites |
| Naval Air Ordnance Test Station, Chincoteague, Virginia | 948 km E (99°) | 37.938° N, 75.463° W | gcat-sites |
| Wallops Island Main Base, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Chincoteague, Virginia | 948 km E (99°) | 37.938° N, 75.463° W | gcat-sites |
| POMFLANT, Polaris Missile Facility, Atlantic | 949 km SE (142°) | 32.850° N, 79.950° W | gcat-sites |
| Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia | 949 km E (100°) | 37.830° N, 75.480° W | gcat-sites |
| Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia | 949 km E (100°) | 37.830° N, 75.480° W | gcat-sites |
| Hampstead, North Carolina, 1 mi W of Topsail Beach | 965 km SE (126°) | 34.360° N, 77.640° W | gcat-sites |
| Vize Expedition 6, 1978 (SU017921) | 985 km E (98°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| 1964 Croatan MRF Expedition | 985 km E (98°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| 1965 Croatan MRF Expedition | 985 km E (98°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neutron | Maiden Flight | 949 km E (100°) | 37.832° N, 75.490° W | launchlibrary |
| Electron | 6x HawkEye 360 | 949 km E (100°) | 37.833° N, 75.488° 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, 19,987 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 39.768° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,264 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 44.0° 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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