The local space context of Konya 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 | 37.871° N, 32.485° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,433,861 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 430 km ESE (109°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 478 km ESE (114°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 486 km SE (128°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Sinop missile test site, Turkey | 517 km NNE (26°) | 42.031° N, 35.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 520 km SSE (146°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Ushakov Expedition 6, 1978 | 584 km NNW (348°) | 43.000° N, 31.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 588 km ESE (121°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 590 km SE (137°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Akhtopol Meteorological Rocket Station | 607 km NW (322°) | 42.084° N, 27.952° E | gcat-sites |
| Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 667 km SSE (168°) | 32.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Chernoye More (Black Sea) submarine test launch area | 693 km N (10°) | 44.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 694 km SSE (162°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Nissaki-Karystos, Evvoia, Hellas | 707 km W (274°) | 38.010° N, 24.420° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 715 km SSE (161°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) | 780 km WSW (254°) | 35.600° N, 24.200° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 10 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evpatoria RT-70 | 816 km N (4°) | 45.189° N, 33.187° E | signals |
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, 20,012 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 37.871° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,239 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 46.1° 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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