The local space context of Kermanshah 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 | 34.314° N, 47.065° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 621,100 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 16 km ENE (73°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 166 km WSW (258°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iran? | 181 km E (101°) | 34.000° N, 49.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Missile base, Kurdistan province, Iran | 211 km NNW (333°) | 36.000° N, 46.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Kirkuk region, Iraq | 275 km WNW (299°) | 35.470° N, 44.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 276 km S (178°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 280 km S (179°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq | 319 km WSW (244°) | 33.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Qom test site, Markazi, Iran | 353 km E (83°) | 34.650° N, 50.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Kilometer 160, Ar Ramadi, Al Ambar, Iraq | 380 km WSW (256°) | 33.400° N, 43.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 393 km WNW (295°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Derecik missile base | 395 km NW (322°) | 37.074° N, 44.304° E | gcat-sites |
| Tabriz Missile Base S | 415 km N (349°) | 37.978° N, 46.176° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Basra region | 430 km S (171°) | 30.500° N, 47.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launcher, S of An Najaf | 461 km SW (218°) | 31.000° N, 44.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 24 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, 20,193 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 34.314° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,058 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 50.1° 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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