The local space context of Qom 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 | 34.640° N, 50.876° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 900,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qom test site, Markazi, Iran | 2 km ENE (63°) | 34.650° N, 50.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Garmsar Missile Test Range | 152 km ENE (73°) | 35.026° N, 52.473° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iran? | 186 km WSW (248°) | 34.000° N, 49.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Dasht-E-Kabir, Iran (Khatami Air Base?) | 229 km SSE (157°) | 32.750° N, 51.850° E | gcat-sites |
| Semnan missile launch site, Iran | 285 km ENE (76°) | 35.235° N, 53.921° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 335 km W (266°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown mobile launch sites in Semnan province, poss. near Shahrud | 440 km ENE (65°) | 36.230° N, 55.330° E | gcat-sites |
| Imam Reza Space Ctr, Damghan (Shahroud), Iran (Dasht-E-Kabir?) | 440 km ENE (65°) | 36.230° N, 55.330° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 467 km SW (229°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Missile base, Kurdistan province, Iran | 467 km WNW (290°) | 36.000° N, 46.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 472 km SW (229°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 517 km W (264°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Basra region | 543 km SSW (213°) | 30.500° N, 47.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Tabriz Missile Base S | 561 km NW (313°) | 37.978° N, 46.176° E | gcat-sites |
| Umm Qasr (Um Qassir) | 580 km SSW (209°) | 30.050° N, 47.950° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 17 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, 20,186 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 34.640° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,065 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 49.8° 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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