The local space context of Rawalpindi 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 | 33.597° N, 73.048° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 3,357,612 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilla Firing Range, Malute, Jhelum region, Punjab, Pakistan | 32 km SE (133°) | 33.400° N, 73.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Kattakurgan missile base, Samarkand region | 923 km NW (321°) | 39.900° N, 66.300° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokhran | 733 km S (190°) | 27.100° N, 71.750° E | nuclear-tests |
| Ras Koh (Chagai) | 939 km WSW (237°) | 28.760° N, 64.950° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| TELKEM-2 | 587 km NE (48°) | 37.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| Smiling Buddha | 736 km S (190°) | 27.080° N, 71.720° E | nukes |
| SHAKTI 1-3 | 737 km S (190°) | 27.070° N, 71.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| SHAKTI4 | 737 km S (190°) | 27.070° N, 71.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439998 | 924 km NW (312°) | 38.890° N, 65.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| Chagai-I | 935 km WSW (238°) | 28.830° N, 64.940° E | nukes |
| USSR test 2439399 | 960 km NW (309°) | 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, 20,203 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.597° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,048 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 50.9° 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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