The local space context of Port Said 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 | 31.265° N, 32.302° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 780,515 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deversoir Air Base | 94 km S (178°) | 30.423° N, 32.335° E | gcat-sites |
| Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 180 km ENE (63°) | 32.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jabal Hamzah | 206 km SW (232°) | 30.127° N, 30.607° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 238 km ENE (72°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 253 km ENE (77°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| Negev Desert test site, Hadarom Hanegev, Israel | 258 km E (96°) | 31.000° N, 35.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 428 km NE (45°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 521 km NE (54°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 593 km NE (43°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 674 km NE (50°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 707 km NE (40°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| NAMFI target launch site: either Ftena, Pachia or Makra | 722 km SSE (146°) | 25.800° N, 36.300° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 725 km ENE (73°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 729 km NE (36°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 869 km ENE (67°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 3 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, 20,248 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.265° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,003 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 53.6° 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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