The local space context of Mashhad 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 | 36.298° N, 59.606° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,307,177 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14th Tactical Air Base, Mashhad | 8 km SSE (156°) | 36.234° N, 59.640° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown mobile launch sites in Semnan province, poss. near Shahrud | 383 km W (270°) | 36.230° N, 55.330° E | gcat-sites |
| Imam Reza Space Ctr, Damghan (Shahroud), Iran (Dasht-E-Kabir?) | 383 km W (270°) | 36.230° N, 55.330° E | gcat-sites |
| Semnan missile launch site, Iran | 526 km WSW (259°) | 35.235° N, 53.921° E | gcat-sites |
| Garmsar Missile Test Range | 660 km W (260°) | 35.026° N, 52.473° E | gcat-sites |
| Kattakurgan missile base, Samarkand region | 709 km NE (54°) | 39.900° N, 66.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Qom test site, Markazi, Iran | 809 km W (259°) | 34.650° N, 50.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Dasht-E-Kabir, Iran (Khatami Air Base?) | 812 km WSW (243°) | 32.750° N, 51.850° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iran? | 997 km WSW (258°) | 34.000° N, 49.000° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ras Koh (Chagai) | 976 km SSE (148°) | 28.760° N, 64.950° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRATER | 246 km ENE (59°) | 37.400° N, 62.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439399 | 513 km NE (56°) | 38.800° N, 64.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439998 | 563 km ENE (58°) | 38.890° N, 65.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446175 | 916 km N (352°) | 44.440° N, 57.930° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440944 | 929 km NNW (336°) | 43.810° N, 54.820° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440562 | 930 km NNW (335°) | 43.790° N, 54.750° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440933 | 936 km NNW (336°) | 43.870° N, 54.780° E | nuclear-tests |
| PAKISTAN test 2450964 | 952 km SSE (155°) | 28.490° N, 63.780° E | nuclear-tests |
| Chagai-I | 969 km SSE (147°) | 28.830° N, 64.940° E | nukes |
| MERIDIAN | 976 km NE (41°) | 42.700° N, 67.400° 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, 20,037 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 36.298° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,214 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 47.9° 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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