The local space context of Oklahoma City 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 | 35.468° N, 97.516° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 681,054 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altus AFB | 183 km WSW (241°) | 34.663° N, 99.274° W | gcat-sites |
| Dyess AFB, Texas | 402 km SSW (213°) | 32.421° N, 99.855° W | gcat-sites |
| SpaceX McGregor Test Site | 452 km S (179°) | 31.400° N, 97.460° W | gcat-sites |
| Barksdale AFB | 479 km SE (132°) | 32.520° N, 93.730° W | gcat-sites |
| Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas | 492 km E (96°) | 34.900° N, 92.150° W | gcat-sites |
| Walker AFB, Roswell, New Mexico | 687 km WSW (251°) | 33.302° N, 104.531° W | gcat-sites |
| Blue Origin, West Texas Launch Site, Corn Ranch | 808 km WSW (238°) | 31.423° N, 104.757° W | gcat-sites |
| Matagorda Island, Texas | 808 km S (173°) | 28.250° N, 96.500° W | gcat-sites |
| Alamagordo Army Air Field | 842 km WSW (252°) | 32.850° N, 106.103° W | gcat-sites |
| AFMDC, Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Air Force Base | 842 km WSW (252°) | 32.850° N, 106.103° W | gcat-sites |
| Holloman Air Development Center, New Mexico | 842 km WSW (252°) | 32.850° N, 106.103° W | gcat-sites |
| White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico | 898 km WSW (250°) | 32.400° N, 106.530° W | gcat-sites |
| Spaceport America, New Mexico (9MN9) | 911 km WSW (255°) | 32.990° N, 106.970° W | gcat-sites |
| SouthWest Regional Spaceport (Spaceport America) New Mexico | 911 km WSW (255°) | 32.990° N, 106.970° W | gcat-sites |
| Hueco Range, Fort Bliss, Texas | 938 km WSW (247°) | 31.800° N, 106.650° W | gcat-sites |
| … and 1 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Site | 843 km W (259°) | 33.680° N, 106.470° W | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNOME | 708 km WSW (242°) | 32.250° N, 104.140° W | nuclear-tests |
| Trinity | 844 km W (259°) | 33.677° N, 106.476° W | nukes |
| GASBUGGY | 878 km WNW (282°) | 36.670° N, 107.170° W | nuclear-tests |
| STERLING | 934 km ESE (120°) | 31.000° N, 89.000° W | nuclear-tests |
| SALMON | 934 km ESE (120°) | 31.000° N, 89.000° W | 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, 20,053 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.468° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,198 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 48.8° 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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