The local space context of Milan 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 | 45.464° N, 9.190° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,371,498 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre d'Essais de la Mediterranee, Ile du Levant, Var, France | 345 km SW (220°) | 43.050° N, 6.470° E | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais et de Recherches d'Engins Speciaux, Ile du Levant, Var | 345 km SW (220°) | 43.050° N, 6.470° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Merzig, N of Saar | 484 km NNW (337°) | 49.450° N, 6.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Le Cardonnet, Montpelier, France | 487 km WSW (246°) | 43.580° N, 3.640° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hermeskeil | 496 km NNW (341°) | 49.650° N, 6.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Camp de Suippes, Marne, France | 540 km NW (321°) | 49.150° N, 4.530° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown V2 WWII launch site, Europe | 558 km NNW (336°) | 50.000° N, 6.000° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Houffalize, Belgium | 569 km NNW (335°) | 50.040° N, 5.790° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 569 km N (350°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Fraiture, Vielsalm, Ardennes | 591 km NNW (336°) | 50.258° N, 5.752° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 603 km NNW (344°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 652 km NNW (348°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Poligono Sperimentale e di Addestramento Interforze del Salto di Quirra | 652 km S (178°) | 39.600° N, 9.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Salto di Quirra (San Lorenzo), Perdas de Fogu, Sardegna | 652 km S (178°) | 39.600° N, 9.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Vernon, Eure, France | 707 km NW (307°) | 49.080° N, 1.480° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 15 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.
Of the 23,251 artificial objects the registry places in Earth orbit on 2026-10-18, 16,126 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 45.464° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,125 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° | no — its track stops at 41.5° |
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 37.7° 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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