The local space context of Riyadh 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 | 24.688° N, 46.722° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 4,205,961 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Sulayil missile base, Saudi Arabia | 457 km SSW (195°) | 20.719° N, 45.584° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown PrSM launch location, Persian Gulf | 499 km ENE (58°) | 27.000° N, 51.000° E | gcat-sites |
| US Navy interceptor launch point, Aegis ships, Arabian Sea | 587 km ENE (63°) | 27.000° N, 52.000° E | gcat-sites |
| US Navy interceptor launch point, Aegis ships, Persian Gulf | 587 km ENE (63°) | 27.000° N, 52.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Umm Qasr (Um Qassir) | 608 km N (11°) | 30.050° N, 47.950° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Basra region | 655 km N (9°) | 30.500° N, 47.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launcher, S of An Najaf | 748 km NNW (340°) | 31.000° N, 44.100° E | gcat-sites |
| South Shiraz Missile Base | 780 km NE (46°) | 29.464° N, 52.488° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 792 km N (3°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 795 km N (3°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Zolfhaghar launch sites in Al Jawf | 886 km S (188°) | 16.800° N, 45.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Various locations in Yemen | 913 km SSW (200°) | 16.969° N, 43.731° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 926 km NNW (333°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 931 km NNW (333°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Sa'dah (Saa'da), Yemen and Dammaj Valley area | 940 km SSW (199°) | 16.668° N, 43.850° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 2 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, 20,592 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 24.688° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,659 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 61.1° 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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