The local space context of Kazan 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 | 55.789° N, 49.122° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,243,500 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yurya missile site, Russia | 376 km N (3°) | 59.170° N, 49.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Bershet missile base, Russia | 486 km ENE (61°) | 57.692° N, 56.306° E | gcat-sites |
| Tatishchevo ICBM base, Russia | 514 km SSW (208°) | 51.670° N, 45.570° E | gcat-sites |
| Kostroma missile base, Russia | 516 km WNW (297°) | 57.670° N, 41.380° E | gcat-sites |
| Teykovo Missile Base, Russia | 546 km WNW (284°) | 56.700° N, 40.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Nizhniy Tagil missile base, Russia (Verhknaya Salda) | 727 km ENE (65°) | 58.096° N, 60.364° E | gcat-sites |
| Tactical launch site, Urda, Kazakhstan | 789 km S (189°) | 48.760° N, 47.480° E | gcat-sites |
| Kartaly missile base | 809 km ESE (109°) | 52.900° N, 60.600° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsMP-4 MO RF, Znamensk (Kapustin Yar), Rossiya | 841 km SSW (197°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya | 841 km SSW (197°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Vladimirovka Poligon | 856 km SSW (195°) | 48.300° N, 46.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yasniy site, Dombarovskiy Air Base, Orensburgskaya Oblast', Rossiya | 887 km SE (125°) | 50.750° N, 59.500° E | gcat-sites |
| GIP-53, Plesetsk, Rossiya | 920 km NNW (334°) | 63.000° N, 41.100° E | gcat-sites |
| GNIIP, Plesetsk, Rossiya | 920 km NNW (334°) | 63.000° N, 41.100° E | gcat-sites |
| GNIIP, Plesetsk, Rossiya | 920 km NNW (334°) | 63.000° N, 41.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 6 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soyuz 2.1b | 16 x Rassvet-3 | 928 km NNW (332°) | 62.926° N, 40.578° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2445295 | 104 km SSE (147°) | 55.000° N, 50.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445303 | 104 km SSE (147°) | 55.000° N, 50.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 356 km SSE (158°) | 52.800° N, 51.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| GRIFON | 387 km ENE (61°) | 57.350° N, 54.770° E | nuclear-tests |
| KAMA 1 | 448 km ESE (117°) | 53.800° N, 55.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 451 km SSE (154°) | 52.100° N, 52.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440473 | 454 km ENE (65°) | 57.300° N, 56.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| KAMA 2 | 465 km ESE (117°) | 53.700° N, 55.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| GLOBUS | 537 km WNW (298°) | 57.800° N, 41.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| BUTAN 1+2 | 542 km ESE (122°) | 53.000° N, 56.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| BUTAN | 542 km ESE (122°) | 53.000° N, 56.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 561 km SSE (149°) | 51.374° N, 53.257° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 563 km SSE (149°) | 51.356° N, 53.249° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 564 km SSE (149°) | 51.353° N, 53.271° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 565 km SSE (149°) | 51.340° N, 53.270° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 69 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, 9,811 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 55.789° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,440 never reach this latitude.
| space station | inclination | can pass overhead |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Xiang | 85.0° | yes |
| International Space Station (+3 docked records) | 51.6° | no — its track stops at 51.6° |
| Kosmos-382 | 55.9° | yes |
| Tianhe | 41.5° | no — its track stops at 41.5° |
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 26.4° 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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