The local space context of Kyiv 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 | 50.455° N, 30.524° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,952,301 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATACMS launch location, Ukraine | 1 km SSW (207°) | 50.450° N, 30.520° E | gcat-sites |
| Belarus missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 202 km NNW (329°) | 52.000° N, 29.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Volga region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 423 km E (87°) | 50.500° N, 36.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Alibey Test Range, Odessa, Ukraine | 517 km S (184°) | 45.815° N, 30.084° E | gcat-sites |
| PMZ Pavlograd test site, Ukraine | 599 km ESE (104°) | 48.900° N, 38.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Truppenubungsplatz Heidelager, Blizna, Krakow, Polska | 620 km W (271°) | 50.200° N, 21.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Sverdlovsk air defence base | 679 km E (101°) | 48.900° N, 39.650° E | gcat-sites |
| Krasnodar Krai region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 708 km ESE (123°) | 46.700° N, 38.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Chernoye More (Black Sea) submarine test launch area | 764 km SSE (159°) | 44.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Ushakov Expedition 6, 1978 | 830 km S (177°) | 43.000° N, 31.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 924 km WNW (297°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Akhtopol Meteorological Rocket Station | 951 km SSW (193°) | 42.084° N, 27.952° E | gcat-sites |
| Teykovo Missile Base, Russia | 953 km NE (39°) | 56.700° N, 40.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Leba (Ustka), Slupsk, Pomerania, Polska | 997 km NW (304°) | 54.780° N, 17.550° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evpatoria RT-70 | 618 km SSE (160°) | 45.189° N, 33.187° E | signals |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2441508 | 359 km E (100°) | 49.780° N, 35.450° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2444133 | 615 km ESE (111°) | 48.220° N, 38.300° E | nuclear-tests |
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, 15,731 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 50.455° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,520 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 32.2° 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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