The local space context of Memphis 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 | 35.150° N, 90.049° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 633,104 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas | 193 km W (262°) | 34.900° N, 92.150° W | gcat-sites |
| Barksdale AFB | 448 km SW (230°) | 32.520° N, 93.730° W | gcat-sites |
| Port Bienville Launch Area, Gulf of Mexico | 582 km S (170°) | 29.998° N, 88.977° W | gcat-sites |
| Santa Rosa Island, Eglin AFB, Florida | 614 km SSE (149°) | 30.380° N, 86.740° W | gcat-sites |
| Robins AFB, Georgia | 658 km ESE (113°) | 32.640° N, 83.592° W | gcat-sites |
| Site D3, Cape San Blas, Eglin AFB, Florida | 751 km SE (143°) | 29.670° N, 85.370° W | gcat-sites |
| SpaceX McGregor Test Site | 805 km WSW (241°) | 31.400° N, 97.460° W | gcat-sites |
| Altus AFB | 843 km W (269°) | 34.663° N, 99.274° W | gcat-sites |
| Dyess AFB, Texas | 955 km WSW (254°) | 32.421° N, 99.855° W | gcat-sites |
| POMFLANT, Polaris Missile Facility, Atlantic | 965 km ESE (102°) | 32.850° N, 79.950° W | gcat-sites |
| Matagorda Island, Texas | 980 km SW (220°) | 28.250° N, 96.500° W | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALMON | 472 km SSE (168°) | 31.000° N, 89.000° W | nuclear-tests |
| STERLING | 472 km SSE (168°) | 31.000° N, 89.000° W | 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, 20,060 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.150° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,191 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 49.2° 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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