The local space context of Prague 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 | 50.088° N, 14.421° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,165,581 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 383 km NNE (13°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde, Usedom, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 456 km N (355°) | 54.173° N, 13.801° E | gcat-sites |
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 461 km NNE (31°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Zingst Range, MMR-06 pad, DDR | 472 km NNW (346°) | 54.200° N, 12.700° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 472 km W (278°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Centralny Poligon Sil Powietrzynch | 518 km NNE (16°) | 54.550° N, 16.610° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 523 km WNW (286°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Truppenubungsplatz Heidelager, Blizna, Krakow, Polska | 526 km E (86°) | 50.200° N, 21.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hermeskeil | 541 km W (268°) | 49.650° N, 6.900° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 544 km W (280°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 545 km WNW (297°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Leba (Ustka), Slupsk, Pomerania, Polska | 563 km NNE (21°) | 54.780° N, 17.550° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Merzig, N of Saar | 566 km W (266°) | 49.450° N, 6.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Deutschland | 574 km NW (319°) | 53.870° N, 8.700° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 576 km WNW (297°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 14 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, 15,743 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 50.088° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,508 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 32.6° 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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