The local space context of Málaga 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 | 36.720° N, 4.420° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 592,346 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estacion de sondeos atmosfericos de El Arenosillo, Huelva, Espana | 211 km WNW (282°) | 37.096° N, 6.742° W | gcat-sites |
| Centre Interarmees d'Essais d'Engins Speciaux (CIEES), Algerie | 660 km S (169°) | 30.887° N, 3.083° W | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais de Lancement de Missiles (former CEL) | 891 km NNE (16°) | 44.362° N, 1.250° W | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais de Landes, Biscarosse, Landes, France | 900 km NNE (16°) | 44.450° N, 1.250° W | gcat-sites |
| DGA Essais de missiles, Site Landes, Biscarosse, Landes, France | 900 km NNE (16°) | 44.450° N, 1.250° W | gcat-sites |
| Base aerienne 120, Cazaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 913 km NNE (17°) | 44.540° N, 1.113° W | gcat-sites |
| Vize Expedition 8, 1983 | 965 km SW (221°) | 30.000° N, 11.000° W | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSN Madrid | 413 km N (2°) | 40.431° N, 4.248° W | signals |
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, 20,034 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 36.720° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,217 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 47.4° 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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