The local space context of Łódź 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 | 51.771° N, 19.474° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 639,890 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 226 km NNW (335°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Truppenubungsplatz Heidelager, Blizna, Krakow, Polska | 239 km SE (136°) | 50.200° N, 21.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 311 km NW (308°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| Leba (Ustka), Slupsk, Pomerania, Polska | 358 km NNW (340°) | 54.780° N, 17.550° E | gcat-sites |
| Centralny Poligon Sil Powietrzynch | 363 km NNW (329°) | 54.550° N, 16.610° E | gcat-sites |
| Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde, Usedom, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 464 km NW (307°) | 54.173° N, 13.801° E | gcat-sites |
| Zingst Range, MMR-06 pad, DDR | 527 km WNW (303°) | 54.200° N, 12.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Belarus missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 654 km E (84°) | 52.000° N, 29.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Deutschland | 760 km WNW (292°) | 53.870° N, 8.700° E | gcat-sites |
| ATACMS launch location, Ukraine | 784 km E (96°) | 50.450° N, 30.520° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 826 km W (265°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 834 km W (277°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 852 km W (270°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 862 km W (278°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 890 km W (267°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 10 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, 15,526 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 51.771° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,725 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 30.8° 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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