The local space context of Kharkiv 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 | 49.982° N, 36.255° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,421,125 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volga region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 60 km NNE (17°) | 50.500° N, 36.500° E | gcat-sites |
| PMZ Pavlograd test site, Ukraine | 202 km SE (126°) | 48.900° N, 38.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Sverdlovsk air defence base | 273 km ESE (115°) | 48.900° N, 39.650° E | gcat-sites |
| Krasnodar Krai region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 395 km SSE (157°) | 46.700° N, 38.300° E | gcat-sites |
| ATACMS launch location, Ukraine | 411 km W (279°) | 50.450° N, 30.520° E | gcat-sites |
| Belarus missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 555 km WNW (297°) | 52.000° N, 29.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Alibey Test Range, Odessa, Ukraine | 653 km SW (227°) | 45.815° N, 30.084° E | gcat-sites |
| Tatishchevo ICBM base, Russia | 680 km ENE (70°) | 51.670° N, 45.570° E | gcat-sites |
| Chernoye More (Black Sea) submarine test launch area | 687 km SSW (195°) | 44.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsMP-4 MO RF, Znamensk (Kapustin Yar), Rossiya | 712 km E (100°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya | 712 km E (100°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Vladimirovka Poligon | 747 km E (101°) | 48.300° N, 46.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Teykovo Missile Base, Russia | 797 km NNE (19°) | 56.700° N, 40.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Tactical launch site, Urda, Kazakhstan | 823 km E (95°) | 48.760° N, 47.480° E | gcat-sites |
| Ushakov Expedition 6, 1978 | 874 km SSW (209°) | 43.000° N, 31.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 4 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evpatoria RT-70 | 580 km SSW (204°) | 45.189° N, 33.187° E | signals |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2441508 | 62 km WSW (249°) | 49.780° N, 35.450° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2444133 | 246 km SE (142°) | 48.220° N, 38.300° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437549 | 608 km ESE (103°) | 48.450° N, 44.300° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440491 | 651 km SE (132°) | 45.880° N, 42.490° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441513 | 728 km E (86°) | 49.990° N, 46.440° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 736 km ESE (115°) | 46.800° N, 45.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435858 | 744 km ESE (103°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2436509 | 744 km ESE (103°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2436511 | 744 km ESE (103°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437579 | 744 km ESE (103°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437600 | 744 km ESE (103°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437600 | 744 km ESE (103°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437960 | 744 km ESE (103°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437966 | 744 km ESE (103°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437970 | 744 km ESE (103°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 49 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, 15,958 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 49.982° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,293 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° | 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 32.7° 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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