The local space context of Rostov-on-Don 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 | 47.220° N, 39.708° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,130,305 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krasnodar Krai region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 121 km WSW (242°) | 46.700° N, 38.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Sverdlovsk air defence base | 187 km N (359°) | 48.900° N, 39.650° E | gcat-sites |
| PMZ Pavlograd test site, Ukraine | 207 km NNW (335°) | 48.900° N, 38.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Volga region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 434 km NNW (328°) | 50.500° N, 36.500° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsMP-4 MO RF, Znamensk (Kapustin Yar), Rossiya | 476 km ENE (70°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya | 476 km ENE (70°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Vladimirovka Poligon | 500 km ENE (74°) | 48.300° N, 46.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Chernoye More (Black Sea) submarine test launch area | 570 km SW (233°) | 44.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| North Ossetia? Possible Iskander launch point | 577 km SE (143°) | 43.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Tactical launch site, Urda, Kazakhstan | 603 km ENE (71°) | 48.760° N, 47.480° E | gcat-sites |
| Ordzhonikidze missile base, Ordzhonikidze (Vladikavkaz), S Ossetia | 607 km SE (139°) | 43.020° N, 44.650° E | gcat-sites |
| Ashuluk, Rossiya | 628 km E (85°) | 47.422° N, 48.034° E | gcat-sites |
| Tatishchevo ICBM base, Russia | 651 km NE (38°) | 51.670° N, 45.570° E | gcat-sites |
| Sinop missile test site, Turkey | 678 km SSW (213°) | 42.031° N, 35.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Rize-Artvin Havalimani | 679 km S (172°) | 41.169° N, 40.829° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 6 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evpatoria RT-70 | 550 km WSW (248°) | 45.189° N, 33.187° E | signals |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2444133 | 153 km NW (317°) | 48.220° N, 38.300° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440491 | 260 km SE (124°) | 45.880° N, 42.490° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437549 | 369 km ENE (67°) | 48.450° N, 44.300° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 404 km E (95°) | 46.800° N, 45.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441508 | 423 km NW (314°) | 49.780° N, 35.450° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435858 | 479 km ENE (77°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2436509 | 479 km ENE (77°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2436511 | 479 km ENE (77°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437579 | 479 km ENE (77°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437600 | 479 km ENE (77°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437600 | 479 km ENE (77°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437960 | 479 km ENE (77°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437966 | 479 km ENE (77°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437970 | 479 km ENE (77°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2442867 | 553 km ENE (78°) | 48.000° N, 47.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 48 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, 16,077 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 47.220° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,174 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 35.7° 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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