The local space context of Omsk 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 | 54.992° N, 73.369° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,172,070 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omsk missile base, Russia | 25 km NE (42°) | 55.160° N, 73.635° E | gcat-sites |
| Tyumen' missile base, Russia | 528 km WNW (296°) | 56.850° N, 65.570° E | gcat-sites |
| Derzhavinsk missile site, Russia | 635 km SW (233°) | 51.300° N, 66.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Aleysk missile site, Russia | 674 km ESE (111°) | 52.479° N, 82.699° E | gcat-sites |
| Kartaly missile base | 866 km W (260°) | 52.900° N, 60.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Nizhniy Tagil missile base, Russia (Verhknaya Salda) | 867 km WNW (299°) | 58.096° N, 60.364° E | gcat-sites |
| Sary Shagan Antimissile Test Center (NIIP-A, GNIIP-10), Balkash | 958 km S (182°) | 46.380° N, 72.870° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semipalatinsk Test Site | 645 km SE (146°) | 50.070° N, 78.430° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2442691 | 141 km NE (50°) | 55.800° N, 75.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441680 | 446 km SE (144°) | 51.700° N, 77.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| TAVDA | 582 km NW (304°) | 57.690° N, 65.270° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439357 | 584 km SSE (147°) | 50.500° N, 77.860° E | nuclear-tests |
| RDS-1 (First Lightning) | 588 km SSE (148°) | 50.440° N, 77.810° E | nukes |
| USSR test 2438971 | 595 km SSE (147°) | 50.400° N, 77.900° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435000 | 597 km W (274°) | 55.000° N, 64.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| MERIDIAN | 601 km SW (216°) | 50.500° N, 68.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441556 | 607 km SSE (155°) | 50.000° N, 77.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439645 | 607 km SSE (155°) | 50.000° N, 77.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441246 | 624 km SSE (151°) | 50.000° N, 77.600° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439817 | 625 km SSE (153°) | 49.930° N, 77.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439756 | 626 km SSE (150°) | 50.020° N, 77.720° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437584 | 628 km SSE (150°) | 50.000° N, 77.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441122 | 628 km SSE (150°) | 50.000° N, 77.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 474 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, 9,910 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 54.992° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,341 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 27.3° 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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