The local space context of Naples 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 | 40.852° N, 14.268° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 909,048 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter sites, Gioia del Colle, Italy | 224 km E (92°) | 40.760° N, 16.930° E | gcat-sites |
| Poligono Sperimentale e di Addestramento Interforze del Salto di Quirra | 434 km WSW (253°) | 39.600° N, 9.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Salto di Quirra (San Lorenzo), Perdas de Fogu, Sardegna | 434 km WSW (253°) | 39.600° N, 9.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais de la Mediterranee, Ile du Levant, Var, France | 689 km WNW (293°) | 43.050° N, 6.470° E | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais et de Recherches d'Engins Speciaux, Ile du Levant, Var | 689 km WNW (293°) | 43.050° N, 6.470° E | gcat-sites |
| Koroni, Peloponnisos, Hellas (beach launch area) | 805 km ESE (122°) | 36.770° N, 21.950° E | gcat-sites |
| Le Cardonnet, Montpelier, France | 926 km WNW (293°) | 43.580° N, 3.640° E | gcat-sites |
| Nissaki-Karystos, Evvoia, Hellas | 927 km ESE (107°) | 38.010° N, 24.420° E | gcat-sites |
| Tripoli missile base, Tripoli, Libya | 936 km S (187°) | 32.500° N, 13.000° E | gcat-sites |
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, 19,964 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 40.852° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,287 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 42.8° 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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