The local space context of Quetta 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 | 30.184° N, 67.001° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,565,546 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonmiani Range, Sonmiani Beach, Baluchistan, Pakistan | 555 km S (183°) | 25.200° N, 66.750° E | gcat-sites |
| Tilla Firing Range, Malute, Jhelum region, Punjab, Pakistan | 694 km ENE (57°) | 33.400° N, 73.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Chabahar Space Center | 795 km SW (227°) | 25.141° N, 61.272° E | gcat-sites |
| 14th Tactical Air Base, Mashhad | 959 km NW (316°) | 36.234° N, 59.640° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ras Koh (Chagai) | 254 km SW (232°) | 28.760° N, 64.950° E | nuclear-tests |
| Pokhran | 576 km SE (125°) | 27.100° N, 71.750° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chagai-I | 250 km SW (233°) | 28.830° N, 64.940° E | nukes |
| PAKISTAN test 2450964 | 365 km WSW (240°) | 28.490° N, 63.780° E | nuclear-tests |
| SHAKTI 1-3 | 575 km SE (126°) | 27.070° N, 71.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| SHAKTI4 | 575 km SE (126°) | 27.070° N, 71.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| Smiling Buddha | 575 km SE (126°) | 27.080° N, 71.720° E | nukes |
| CRATER | 926 km NNW (331°) | 37.400° N, 62.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439998 | 984 km N (350°) | 38.890° N, 65.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439399 | 985 km NNW (347°) | 38.800° N, 64.500° E | nuclear-tests |
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, 20,269 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.184° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,982 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 54.8° 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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