The local space context of Paris 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 | 48.853° N, 2.349° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,138,551 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon, Eure, France | 68 km WNW (292°) | 49.080° N, 1.480° E | gcat-sites |
| Camp de Suippes, Marne, France | 162 km ENE (77°) | 49.150° N, 4.530° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Houffalize, Belgium | 282 km ENE (61°) | 50.040° N, 5.790° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Fraiture, Vielsalm, Ardennes | 291 km NE (56°) | 50.258° N, 5.752° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown V2 WWII launch site, Europe | 293 km ENE (63°) | 50.000° N, 6.000° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Serooskerke, Walcheren, Holland | 313 km NNE (16°) | 51.551° N, 3.590° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Merzig, N of Saar | 316 km ENE (76°) | 49.450° N, 6.600° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hermeskeil | 342 km ENE (73°) | 49.650° N, 6.900° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Beukenhorst mansion, Vught, Nederlanden | 372 km NNE (33°) | 51.624° N, 5.289° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 377 km ENE (56°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Den Haag-Wassenaar | 392 km NNE (21°) | 52.130° N, 4.380° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 432 km NE (51°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 433 km ENE (63°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Artillerie Schietkamp, t'Harde | 467 km NNE (31°) | 52.395° N, 5.923° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 489 km NE (35°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 19 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, 16,043 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 48.853° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,208 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° | 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 33.9° 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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