The local space context of Saltillo 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 | 25.426° N, 100.980° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 709,671 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Launch Site, Boca Chica Beach, Texas | 389 km E (80°) | 25.996° N, 97.154° W | gcat-sites |
| Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas | 389 km E (80°) | 25.996° N, 97.154° W | gcat-sites |
| Matagorda Island, Texas | 544 km NE (54°) | 28.250° N, 96.500° W | gcat-sites |
| Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, Mexico | 600 km SW (229°) | 21.830° N, 105.370° W | gcat-sites |
| SpaceX McGregor Test Site | 748 km NNE (27°) | 31.400° N, 97.460° W | gcat-sites |
| Blue Origin, West Texas Launch Site, Corn Ranch | 762 km NNW (332°) | 31.423° N, 104.757° W | gcat-sites |
| Dyess AFB, Texas | 785 km N (8°) | 32.421° N, 99.855° W | gcat-sites |
| Hueco Range, Fort Bliss, Texas | 899 km NW (323°) | 31.800° N, 106.650° W | gcat-sites |
| Walker AFB, Roswell, New Mexico | 941 km NNW (339°) | 33.302° N, 104.531° W | gcat-sites |
| White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico | 945 km NNW (326°) | 32.400° N, 106.530° W | gcat-sites |
| Alamagordo Army Air Field | 963 km NNW (330°) | 32.850° N, 106.103° W | gcat-sites |
| AFMDC, Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman Air Force Base | 963 km NNW (330°) | 32.850° N, 106.103° W | gcat-sites |
| Holloman Air Development Center, New Mexico | 963 km NNW (330°) | 32.850° N, 106.103° W | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starship | Flight 13 | 388 km E (80°) | 25.997° N, 97.158° W | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| GNOME | 819 km NNW (339°) | 32.250° N, 104.140° W | 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, 20,558 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 25.426° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,693 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 60.3° 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
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