The local space context of Karaj 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 | 35.833° N, 50.992° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,448,075 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qom test site, Markazi, Iran | 132 km S (184°) | 34.650° N, 50.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Garmsar Missile Test Range | 161 km ESE (123°) | 35.026° N, 52.473° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iran? | 273 km SW (222°) | 34.000° N, 49.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Semnan missile launch site, Iran | 273 km ESE (103°) | 35.235° N, 53.921° E | gcat-sites |
| Dasht-E-Kabir, Iran (Khatami Air Base?) | 352 km SSE (167°) | 32.750° N, 51.850° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 379 km WSW (245°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown mobile launch sites in Semnan province, poss. near Shahrud | 393 km E (82°) | 36.230° N, 55.330° E | gcat-sites |
| Imam Reza Space Ctr, Damghan (Shahroud), Iran (Dasht-E-Kabir?) | 393 km E (82°) | 36.230° N, 55.330° E | gcat-sites |
| Missile base, Kurdistan province, Iran | 450 km W (274°) | 36.000° N, 46.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Tabriz Missile Base S | 490 km WNW (301°) | 37.978° N, 46.176° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 557 km WSW (250°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 569 km SW (220°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 575 km SW (220°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Kirkuk region, Iraq | 597 km W (268°) | 35.470° N, 44.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Derecik missile base | 614 km WNW (285°) | 37.074° N, 44.304° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 19 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2440562 | 941 km NNE (19°) | 43.790° N, 54.750° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440944 | 945 km NNE (19°) | 43.810° N, 54.820° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440933 | 950 km NNE (19°) | 43.870° N, 54.780° E | nuclear-tests |
| CRATER | 997 km ENE (77°) | 37.400° N, 62.000° E | nuclear-tests |
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, 20,043 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.833° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,208 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 48.4° 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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