The local space context of Malatya 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 | 38.350° N, 38.317° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 750,491 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 233 km SSW (209°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 271 km SSW (199°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 374 km S (184°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Rize-Artvin Havalimani | 380 km NNE (34°) | 41.169° N, 40.829° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 387 km SSW (202°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 429 km ESE (121°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Sinop missile test site, Turkey | 488 km NNW (328°) | 42.031° N, 35.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 508 km SSW (195°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 514 km ESE (123°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 540 km SSE (153°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Derecik missile base | 545 km ESE (103°) | 37.074° N, 44.304° E | gcat-sites |
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 549 km SSW (207°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown Iskander launch site, Armenia | 571 km ENE (67°) | 40.180° N, 44.510° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 616 km SSE (168°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Kirkuk region, Iraq | 628 km ESE (119°) | 35.470° N, 44.400° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 20 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evpatoria RT-70 | 871 km NNW (332°) | 45.189° N, 33.187° E | signals |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2440491 | 905 km NNE (21°) | 45.880° N, 42.490° 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, 20,003 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 38.350° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,248 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 45.6° 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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