The local space context of Mexicali 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
32.628° N, 115.454° W
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population
1,032,686 inhabitants
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On the ground within 1000 km
Launch sites — 45 within 1000 km
site
distance · bearing
position
source layer
Sierra de Juarez, Baja California
55 km SW (220°)
32.250° N, 115.830° W
gcat-sites
Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona
109 km ENE (75°)
32.870° N, 114.320° W
gcat-sites
San Clemente Island, Pacific Missile Range, California
287 km W (277°)
32.920° N, 118.500° W
gcat-sites
Leach Spring, Camp Irwin, California
319 km NNW (339°)
35.300° N, 116.700° W
gcat-sites
Silver Lake 1 drop zone, California
324 km N (354°)
35.530° N, 115.800° W
gcat-sites
Cuddeback Dry Lake drop zone, California
330 km NNW (330°)
35.180° N, 117.270° W
gcat-sites
Edwards AFB, California
333 km NW (320°)
34.900° N, 117.800° W
gcat-sites
SLBM and Air Launch Area, Western Test Range, Pacific Ocean
334 km W (278°)
33.000° N, 119.000° W
gcat-sites
Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California
364 km NNW (335°)
35.580° N, 117.170° W
gcat-sites
Mojave Spaceport, California
366 km NW (318°)
35.049° N, 118.136° W
gcat-sites
Friends of Amateur Rocketry, Randsburg, California
372 km NW (325°)
35.348° N, 117.809° W
gcat-sites
RW14/32, Hidden Hills Dry Lake, California
378 km N (353°)
36.000° N, 115.950° W
gcat-sites
Naval Missile and Astronautics Center, Point Mugu, California
379 km WNW (297°)
34.120° N, 119.120° W
gcat-sites
San Nicolas Island, Pacific Missile Range, California
384 km WNW (281°)
33.250° N, 119.500° W
gcat-sites
Indian Springs Air Force Base, Nevada
441 km N (357°)
36.589° N, 115.672° W
gcat-sites
… and 30 more within 1000 km
Ground stations and transmitting sites — 3 within 1000 km
Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer E
527 km WNW (296°)
34.632° N, 120.611° W
launchlibrary
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 1
527 km WNW (296°)
34.632° N, 120.611° W
launchlibrary
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 10
527 km WNW (296°)
34.632° N, 120.611° W
launchlibrary
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Rivada 11
527 km WNW (296°)
34.632° N, 120.611° W
launchlibrary
… and 10 more within 1000 km
Nuclear detonations — 942 within 1000 km
site
distance · bearing
position
source layer
AGOUTI
457 km N (353°)
36.700° N, 116.100° W
nuclear-tests
WISHBONE
457 km N (355°)
36.720° N, 115.940° W
nuclear-tests
SMALLBOY
466 km N (355°)
36.800° N, 115.925° W
nuclear-tests
PINSTRIPE
468 km N (354°)
36.820° N, 115.960° W
nuclear-tests
NEWPOINT
468 km N (354°)
36.820° N, 115.960° W
nuclear-tests
MILK SHAKE
469 km N (355°)
36.830° N, 115.930° W
nuclear-tests
DERRINGER
470 km N (355°)
36.840° N, 115.920° W
nuclear-tests
MINUTE STEAK
470 km N (355°)
36.840° N, 115.930° W
nuclear-tests
DILUTED WATERS
471 km N (353°)
36.830° N, 116.060° W
nuclear-tests
DIANAMOON
471 km N (355°)
36.850° N, 115.900° W
nuclear-tests
KNIFE A
475 km N (355°)
36.880° N, 115.910° W
nuclear-tests
BIT A-B
478 km N (351°)
36.870° N, 116.270° W
nuclear-tests
BERNAL
478 km N (354°)
36.900° N, 116.000° W
nuclear-tests
MALLET
478 km N (353°)
36.890° N, 116.120° W
nuclear-tests
PERSIMMON
478 km N (355°)
36.910° N, 115.910° W
nuclear-tests
… and 927 more within 1000 km
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.
What can pass overhead
Of the 23,251 artificial objects the registry places in Earth orbit
on 2026-10-18, 20,214 fly orbits whose ground
track reaches 32.628° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other
3,037 never reach this latitude.
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 from here
The geostationary belt arcs across the southern sky and stands
52.0° 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.
What this page does not know
Tonight's sky and pass times. They depend on the hour, so a static page would print a
stale number. Open the live scene in a browser: /sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
then stand at Mexicali in Stargazing — it computes which satellites are visible now, from this
registry, in your browser.
Anything not catalogued. A site absent from the source catalogues is absent here; an
empty list means «not in the registry», not «nothing there».
Precision beyond the sources. Positions carry the precision their catalogue published.