The local space context of Kirkuk 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 | 35.468° N, 44.392° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,031,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkuk region, Iraq | 1 km ENE (73°) | 35.470° N, 44.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 119 km WNW (286°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Missile base, Kurdistan province, Iran | 157 km ENE (67°) | 36.000° N, 46.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Derecik missile base | 179 km N (357°) | 37.074° N, 44.304° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 183 km SSE (153°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 200 km WNW (297°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Kilometer 160, Ar Ramadi, Al Ambar, Iraq | 259 km SSW (208°) | 33.400° N, 43.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq | 277 km S (188°) | 33.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 287 km ESE (115°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| Tabriz Missile Base S | 321 km NNE (29°) | 37.978° N, 46.176° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 350 km WSW (243°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 421 km SSW (208°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 430 km SSW (208°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iran? | 452 km ESE (110°) | 34.000° N, 49.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 478 km SSE (147°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° 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, 20,053 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.468° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,198 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 48.8° 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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