The local space context of Novosibirsk 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 | 55.023° N, 82.932° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,612,833 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleysk missile site, Russia | 283 km S (183°) | 52.479° N, 82.699° E | gcat-sites |
| Uzhur missile site, Russia | 466 km E (84°) | 55.207° N, 90.253° E | gcat-sites |
| Omsk missile base, Russia | 591 km W (275°) | 55.160° N, 73.635° E | gcat-sites |
| Krasnoyarsk missile site, Russia | 602 km ENE (73°) | 56.230° N, 92.290° E | gcat-sites |
| Kansk, Krasnoyarsk region | 811 km ENE (75°) | 56.200° N, 95.700° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semipalatinsk Test Site | 629 km SSW (211°) | 50.070° N, 78.430° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| KVARTS | 296 km ENE (70°) | 55.835° N, 87.408° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2442691 | 502 km WNW (283°) | 55.800° N, 75.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441680 | 530 km SW (228°) | 51.700° N, 77.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446037 | 574 km SSW (194°) | 50.000° N, 81.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445992 | 593 km SSW (201°) | 50.000° N, 80.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439357 | 607 km SW (216°) | 50.500° N, 77.860° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445330 | 610 km SSW (207°) | 50.066° N, 79.043° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445659 | 611 km SSW (207°) | 50.066° N, 79.036° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2447478 | 611 km SSW (207°) | 50.078° N, 78.988° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2444062 | 612 km SSW (207°) | 50.050° N, 79.060° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2447327 | 614 km SSW (207°) | 50.045° N, 79.005° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2443906 | 614 km SSW (208°) | 50.080° N, 78.880° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2447772 | 614 km SSW (207°) | 50.039° N, 79.019° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441662 | 614 km SSW (209°) | 50.100° N, 78.800° E | nuclear-tests |
| RDS-1 (First Lightning) | 615 km SW (216°) | 50.440° N, 77.810° E | nukes |
| … and 469 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, 9,880 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 55.023° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,371 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 27.2° 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
then stand at Novosibirsk in Stargazing — it computes which satellites are visible now, from this
registry, in your browser.