The local space context of Namangan 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 | 40.998° N, 71.673° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 713,220 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sary Ozek missile base, Kazakhstan | 419 km NW (309°) | 43.300° N, 67.650° E | gcat-sites |
| Kattakurgan missile base, Samarkand region | 471 km WSW (257°) | 39.900° N, 66.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Sary Shagan Antimissile Test Center (NIIP-A, GNIIP-10), Balkash | 606 km N (9°) | 46.380° N, 72.870° E | gcat-sites |
| Tilla Firing Range, Malute, Jhelum region, Punjab, Pakistan | 857 km S (170°) | 33.400° N, 73.300° E | gcat-sites |
| GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | 893 km NW (311°) | 46.000° N, 63.000° E | gcat-sites |
| NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | 893 km NW (311°) | 46.000° N, 63.000° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-29 | 857 km NW (313°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-35 (96P) | 857 km NW (313°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P) | 857 km NW (313°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERIDIAN | 401 km WNW (300°) | 42.700° N, 67.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| MERIDIAN | 600 km NNW (330°) | 45.600° N, 67.800° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439998 | 607 km WSW (249°) | 38.890° N, 65.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439399 | 659 km WSW (251°) | 38.800° N, 64.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| TELKEM-2 | 704 km SE (127°) | 37.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2448120 | 829 km E (82°) | 41.567° N, 81.567° E | nuclear-tests |
| JOE 1 | 850 km NNE (22°) | 48.000° N, 76.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2433914 | 850 km NNE (22°) | 48.000° N, 76.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| JOE 3 | 850 km NNE (22°) | 48.000° N, 76.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446051 | 885 km NNE (27°) | 48.000° N, 77.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| CRATER | 924 km WSW (247°) | 37.400° N, 62.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440734 | 961 km NNE (30°) | 48.300° N, 78.200° 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, 19,959 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 40.998° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,292 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 42.6° 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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