The local space context of Louisville 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 | 38.254° N, 85.759° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 624,444 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robins AFB, Georgia | 654 km SSE (162°) | 32.640° N, 83.592° W | gcat-sites |
| Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas | 681 km WSW (239°) | 34.900° N, 92.150° W | gcat-sites |
| Wurtsmith AFB | 717 km NNE (15°) | 44.452° N, 83.380° W | gcat-sites |
| POMFLANT, Polaris Missile Facility, Atlantic | 798 km SE (137°) | 32.850° N, 79.950° W | gcat-sites |
| Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland | 816 km E (87°) | 38.286° N, 76.408° W | gcat-sites |
| Hampstead, North Carolina, 1 mi W of Topsail Beach | 846 km ESE (118°) | 34.360° N, 77.640° W | gcat-sites |
| Santa Rosa Island, Eglin AFB, Florida | 880 km S (186°) | 30.380° N, 86.740° W | gcat-sites |
| Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia | 901 km E (90°) | 37.830° N, 75.480° W | gcat-sites |
| Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia | 901 km E (90°) | 37.830° N, 75.480° W | gcat-sites |
| Naval Air Ordnance Test Station, Chincoteague, Virginia | 901 km E (89°) | 37.938° N, 75.463° W | gcat-sites |
| Wallops Island Main Base, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Chincoteague, Virginia | 901 km E (89°) | 37.938° N, 75.463° W | gcat-sites |
| Vize Expedition 6, 1978 (SU017921) | 941 km E (88°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| 1964 Croatan MRF Expedition | 941 km E (88°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| 1965 Croatan MRF Expedition | 941 km E (88°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| Site D3, Cape San Blas, Eglin AFB, Florida | 955 km S (178°) | 29.670° N, 85.370° W | gcat-sites |
| … and 2 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neutron | Maiden Flight | 900 km E (90°) | 37.832° N, 75.490° W | launchlibrary |
| Electron | 6x HawkEye 360 | 900 km E (90°) | 37.833° N, 75.488° W | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALMON | 859 km SSW (201°) | 31.000° N, 89.000° W | nuclear-tests |
| STERLING | 859 km SSW (201°) | 31.000° N, 89.000° W | 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, 20,005 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 38.254° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,246 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 45.7° 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
then stand at Louisville in Stargazing — it computes which satellites are visible now, from this
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