The local space context of Lviv 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 | 49.838° N, 24.023° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 717,273 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truppenubungsplatz Heidelager, Blizna, Krakow, Polska | 164 km WNW (285°) | 50.200° N, 21.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Belarus missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 424 km NE (54°) | 52.000° N, 29.000° E | gcat-sites |
| ATACMS launch location, Ukraine | 468 km E (79°) | 50.450° N, 30.520° E | gcat-sites |
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 589 km NW (318°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Alibey Test Range, Odessa, Ukraine | 636 km SE (132°) | 45.815° N, 30.084° E | gcat-sites |
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 695 km NW (308°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| Leba (Ustka), Slupsk, Pomerania, Polska | 703 km NW (324°) | 54.780° N, 17.550° E | gcat-sites |
| Centralny Poligon Sil Powietrzynch | 727 km NW (319°) | 54.550° N, 16.610° E | gcat-sites |
| Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde, Usedom, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 848 km NW (309°) | 54.173° N, 13.801° E | gcat-sites |
| Volga region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 891 km E (80°) | 50.500° N, 36.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Zingst Range, MMR-06 pad, DDR | 913 km NW (306°) | 54.200° N, 12.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Akhtopol Meteorological Rocket Station | 914 km SSE (159°) | 42.084° N, 27.952° E | gcat-sites |
| Ushakov Expedition 6, 1978 | 929 km SE (142°) | 43.000° N, 31.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Chernoye More (Black Sea) submarine test launch area | 996 km SE (127°) | 44.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evpatoria RT-70 | 860 km ESE (123°) | 45.189° N, 33.187° E | signals |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2441508 | 819 km E (86°) | 49.780° N, 35.450° 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, 15,979 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 49.838° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,272 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 32.9° 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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