The local space context of Sadr City 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 | 33.389° N, 44.458° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,211,849 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile launchers in Iraq | 61 km SW (225°) | 33.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 103 km NE (49°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Kilometer 160, Ar Ramadi, Al Ambar, Iraq | 126 km W (271°) | 33.400° N, 43.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Kirkuk region, Iraq | 231 km N (359°) | 35.470° N, 44.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 248 km SW (235°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 255 km SW (234°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launcher, S of An Najaf | 268 km S (187°) | 31.000° N, 44.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 278 km ENE (66°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 291 km NNW (335°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 304 km SE (125°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 306 km SE (124°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Missile base, Kurdistan province, Iran | 323 km NNE (25°) | 36.000° N, 46.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 327 km WNW (283°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 372 km NNW (330°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Derecik missile base | 410 km N (358°) | 37.074° N, 44.304° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 23 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, 20,204 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.389° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,047 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 51.2° 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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