The local space context of Oslo 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 | 59.913° N, 10.746° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,082,575 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marka Range, Lista, Norway | 274 km SW (227°) | 58.200° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Zingst Range, MMR-06 pad, DDR | 646 km SSE (169°) | 54.200° N, 12.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde, Usedom, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 664 km SSE (163°) | 54.173° N, 13.801° E | gcat-sites |
| Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Deutschland | 683 km SSW (191°) | 53.870° N, 8.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Centralny Poligon Sil Powietrzynch | 692 km SSE (147°) | 54.550° N, 16.610° E | gcat-sites |
| Leba (Ustka), Slupsk, Pomerania, Polska | 701 km SE (142°) | 54.780° N, 17.550° E | gcat-sites |
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 782 km SSE (155°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 829 km SE (145°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Kronogard (Jokkmokk/Vidsel), Norrbottens Lan, Sverige | 834 km NNE (29°) | 66.220° N, 19.780° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Stavorem, Friesland | 846 km SSW (205°) | 52.900° N, 5.400° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hellendoorn/Eelerberg | 876 km SSW (200°) | 52.410° N, 6.430° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 876 km SSW (199°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| Artillerie Schietkamp, t'Harde | 887 km SSW (202°) | 52.395° N, 5.923° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 888 km SSW (197°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 894 km SSW (195°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 3 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| RFA One | Maiden Flight | 640 km WNW (284°) | 60.817° N, 0.763° W | launchlibrary |
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, 9,648 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 59.913° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,603 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° | no — its track stops at 55.9° |
| 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 22.0° 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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