The local space context of Krasnodar 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 | 45.045° N, 38.982° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 899,541 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krasnodar Krai region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 191 km NNW (344°) | 46.700° N, 38.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Chernoye More (Black Sea) submarine test launch area | 412 km WSW (255°) | 44.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| PMZ Pavlograd test site, Ukraine | 430 km N (355°) | 48.900° N, 38.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Sverdlovsk air defence base | 432 km N (7°) | 48.900° N, 39.650° E | gcat-sites |
| Sinop missile test site, Turkey | 453 km SW (224°) | 42.031° N, 35.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Rize-Artvin Havalimani | 456 km SSE (160°) | 41.169° N, 40.829° E | gcat-sites |
| North Ossetia? Possible Iskander launch point | 461 km ESE (118°) | 43.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Ordzhonikidze missile base, Ordzhonikidze (Vladikavkaz), S Ossetia | 506 km ESE (114°) | 43.020° N, 44.650° E | gcat-sites |
| Volga region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 634 km NNW (344°) | 50.500° N, 36.500° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsMP-4 MO RF, Znamensk (Kapustin Yar), Rossiya | 645 km NE (51°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya | 645 km NE (51°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Vladimirovka Poligon | 659 km NE (54°) | 48.300° N, 46.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Ushakov Expedition 6, 1978 | 677 km WSW (253°) | 43.000° N, 31.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Alibey Test Range, Odessa, Ukraine | 699 km W (280°) | 45.815° N, 30.084° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown Iskander launch site, Armenia | 705 km SE (138°) | 40.180° N, 44.510° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 9 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evpatoria RT-70 | 455 km W (274°) | 45.189° N, 33.187° E | signals |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2440491 | 289 km ENE (70°) | 45.880° N, 42.490° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2444133 | 357 km N (352°) | 48.220° N, 38.300° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 505 km ENE (65°) | 46.800° N, 45.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437549 | 554 km NE (45°) | 48.450° N, 44.300° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441508 | 590 km NNW (335°) | 49.780° N, 35.450° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435858 | 629 km NE (56°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2436509 | 629 km NE (56°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2436511 | 629 km NE (56°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437579 | 629 km NE (56°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437600 | 629 km NE (56°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437600 | 629 km NE (56°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437960 | 629 km NE (56°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437966 | 629 km NE (56°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437970 | 629 km NE (56°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2442867 | 695 km ENE (59°) | 48.000° N, 47.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 48 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, 16,150 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 45.045° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,101 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 38.1° 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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