The local space context of Madinah 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 | 24.469° N, 39.614° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,300,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAMFI target launch site: either Ftena, Pachia or Makra | 365 km WNW (295°) | 25.800° N, 36.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Sulayil missile base, Saudi Arabia | 741 km ESE (123°) | 20.719° N, 45.584° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launcher, S of An Najaf | 850 km NNE (30°) | 31.000° N, 44.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Negev Desert test site, Hadarom Hanegev, Israel | 856 km NNW (329°) | 31.000° N, 35.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 880 km NNE (17°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 888 km NNE (17°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 932 km NNW (331°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| Various locations in Yemen | 937 km SSE (152°) | 16.969° N, 43.731° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 941 km N (1°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 956 km NNW (331°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Sa'dah (Saa'da), Yemen and Dammaj Valley area | 973 km SSE (152°) | 16.668° N, 43.850° E | gcat-sites |
| Deversoir Air Base | 976 km NW (314°) | 30.423° N, 32.335° E | gcat-sites |
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, 20,602 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 24.469° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,649 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 61.4° 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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