The local space context of Jeddah 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 | 21.490° N, 39.186° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 4,697,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAMFI target launch site: either Ftena, Pachia or Makra | 562 km NNW (329°) | 25.800° N, 36.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Sulayil missile base, Saudi Arabia | 669 km E (96°) | 20.719° N, 45.584° E | gcat-sites |
| Various locations in Yemen | 693 km SE (136°) | 16.969° N, 43.731° E | gcat-sites |
| Sa'dah (Saa'da), Yemen and Dammaj Valley area | 726 km SE (137°) | 16.668° N, 43.850° E | gcat-sites |
| Tussen Huthen, Yemen | 765 km SE (137°) | 16.420° N, 44.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Zolfhaghar launch sites in Al Jawf | 843 km SE (127°) | 16.800° N, 45.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Sana'a, Yemen | 869 km SE (142°) | 15.301° N, 44.215° E | gcat-sites |
| LM 12 Descent Stage, Taurus-Littrow Base, Littrow Valley, Macrobius B1 | 889 km W (262°) | 20.160° N, 30.750° E | gcat-sites |
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, 20,690 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 21.490° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,561 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 64.8° 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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