The local space context of Minsk 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 | 53.900° N, 27.567° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,742,124 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 232 km SSE (155°) | 52.000° N, 29.000° E | gcat-sites |
| ATACMS launch location, Ukraine | 433 km SSE (151°) | 50.450° N, 30.520° E | gcat-sites |
| Truppenubungsplatz Heidelager, Blizna, Krakow, Polska | 570 km SW (226°) | 50.200° N, 21.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 629 km W (271°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Leba (Ustka), Slupsk, Pomerania, Polska | 656 km WNW (283°) | 54.780° N, 17.550° E | gcat-sites |
| Centralny Poligon Sil Powietrzynch | 715 km W (280°) | 54.550° N, 16.610° E | gcat-sites |
| Volga region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 716 km ESE (118°) | 50.500° N, 36.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 778 km W (271°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| Teykovo Missile Base, Russia | 871 km ENE (64°) | 56.700° N, 40.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde, Usedom, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 898 km W (278°) | 54.173° N, 13.801° E | gcat-sites |
| Alibey Test Range, Odessa, Ukraine | 917 km SSE (168°) | 45.815° N, 30.084° E | gcat-sites |
| PMZ Pavlograd test site, Ukraine | 939 km ESE (122°) | 48.900° N, 38.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Kostroma missile base, Russia | 958 km ENE (59°) | 57.670° N, 41.380° E | gcat-sites |
| Zingst Range, MMR-06 pad, DDR | 969 km W (278°) | 54.200° N, 12.700° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2441508 | 709 km SE (127°) | 49.780° N, 35.450° E | nuclear-tests |
| GLOBUS | 947 km ENE (57°) | 57.800° N, 41.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2444133 | 979 km SE (126°) | 48.220° N, 38.300° 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, 10,034 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 53.900° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,217 never reach this latitude.
| space station | inclination | can pass overhead |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Xiang | 85.0° | yes |
| International Space Station (+3 docked records) | 51.6° | no — its track stops at 51.6° |
| 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 28.5° 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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