The local space context of Rotterdam 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 | 51.922° N, 4.479° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 868,135 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-2 launch area near Den Haag-Wassenaar | 24 km NNW (344°) | 52.130° N, 4.380° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Beukenhorst mansion, Vught, Nederlanden | 65 km ESE (120°) | 51.624° N, 5.289° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Serooskerke, Walcheren, Holland | 74 km WSW (236°) | 51.551° N, 3.590° E | gcat-sites |
| Artillerie Schietkamp, t'Harde | 112 km ENE (61°) | 52.395° N, 5.923° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Stavorem, Friesland | 125 km NNE (30°) | 52.900° N, 5.400° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hellendoorn/Eelerberg | 144 km ENE (67°) | 52.410° N, 6.430° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 145 km ENE (68°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 168 km ENE (78°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 194 km E (83°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Fraiture, Vielsalm, Ardennes | 205 km SSE (154°) | 50.258° N, 5.752° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 205 km ESE (113°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 215 km SE (130°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Houffalize, Belgium | 229 km SSE (156°) | 50.040° N, 5.790° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown V2 WWII launch site, Europe | 239 km SSE (153°) | 50.000° N, 6.000° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 280 km ESE (123°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 24 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, 15,191 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 51.922° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 8,060 never reach this latitude.
| space station | inclination | can pass overhead |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Xiang | 85.0° | yes |
| International Space Station (+3 docked records) | 51.6° | no — its track stops at 51.6° |
| 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 30.6° 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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