The local space context of Isfahan 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 | 32.653° N, 51.675° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,547,164 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dasht-E-Kabir, Iran (Khatami Air Base?) | 20 km ENE (57°) | 32.750° N, 51.850° E | gcat-sites |
| Qom test site, Markazi, Iran | 233 km NNW (342°) | 34.650° N, 50.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Garmsar Missile Test Range | 274 km NNE (15°) | 35.026° N, 52.473° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iran? | 290 km WNW (302°) | 34.000° N, 49.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Semnan missile launch site, Iran | 354 km NE (35°) | 35.235° N, 53.921° E | gcat-sites |
| South Shiraz Missile Base | 363 km SSE (167°) | 29.464° N, 52.488° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 435 km W (259°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Basra region | 438 km WSW (238°) | 30.500° N, 47.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 441 km W (259°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 453 km WNW (296°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| Umm Qasr (Um Qassir) | 457 km SW (232°) | 30.050° N, 47.950° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown mobile launch sites in Semnan province, poss. near Shahrud | 520 km NE (39°) | 36.230° N, 55.330° E | gcat-sites |
| Imam Reza Space Ctr, Damghan (Shahroud), Iran (Dasht-E-Kabir?) | 520 km NE (39°) | 36.230° N, 55.330° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 611 km WNW (286°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| US Navy interceptor launch point, Aegis ships, Arabian Sea | 629 km S (177°) | 27.000° N, 52.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 15 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, 20,214 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.653° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,037 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 52.0° 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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