The local space context of Latakia 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 | 35.531° N, 35.791° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 709,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hama missile base, Syria | 95 km ESE (118°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 151 km ENE (68°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 157 km NE (45°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 179 km S (186°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 204 km SSE (151°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 209 km ESE (106°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 416 km SSW (194°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 426 km SSW (203°) | 32.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 428 km S (191°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 464 km SE (127°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 505 km ESE (108°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Negev Desert test site, Hadarom Hanegev, Israel | 509 km S (189°) | 31.000° N, 35.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 602 km E (80°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Deversoir Air Base | 653 km SSW (211°) | 30.423° N, 32.335° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 663 km E (86°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 17 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, 20,051 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.531° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,200 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 48.7° 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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