The local space context of Munich 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 | 48.137° N, 11.575° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,505,005 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 379 km NW (315°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hermeskeil | 381 km WNW (298°) | 49.650° N, 6.900° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Merzig, N of Saar | 393 km WNW (294°) | 49.450° N, 6.600° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 444 km NW (311°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown V2 WWII launch site, Europe | 456 km WNW (299°) | 50.000° N, 6.000° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 462 km NW (319°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Houffalize, Belgium | 471 km WNW (299°) | 50.040° N, 5.790° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Fraiture, Vielsalm, Ardennes | 484 km WNW (301°) | 50.258° N, 5.752° E | gcat-sites |
| Camp de Suippes, Marne, France | 530 km WNW (285°) | 49.150° N, 4.530° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 536 km NNW (327°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 563 km NW (325°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Beukenhorst mansion, Vught, Nederlanden | 594 km NW (313°) | 51.624° N, 5.289° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 597 km NW (324°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hellendoorn/Eelerberg | 599 km NW (324°) | 52.410° N, 6.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Artillerie Schietkamp, t'Harde | 621 km NW (322°) | 52.395° N, 5.923° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 18 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, 16,067 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 48.137° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,184 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 34.7° 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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