The local space context of Samara 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 | 53.208° N, 50.136° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,163,399 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatishchevo ICBM base, Russia | 353 km WSW (243°) | 51.670° N, 45.570° E | gcat-sites |
| Tactical launch site, Urda, Kazakhstan | 528 km SSW (202°) | 48.760° N, 47.480° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsMP-4 MO RF, Znamensk (Kapustin Yar), Rossiya | 605 km SSW (212°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya | 605 km SSW (212°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Vladimirovka Poligon | 612 km SSW (208°) | 48.300° N, 46.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Bershet missile base, Russia | 632 km NE (35°) | 57.692° N, 56.306° E | gcat-sites |
| Makat tactical missile base, Atyrau, Kazakstan | 658 km SSE (159°) | 47.650° N, 53.320° E | gcat-sites |
| Ashuluk, Rossiya | 660 km SSW (194°) | 47.422° N, 48.034° E | gcat-sites |
| Yurya missile site, Russia | 664 km N (357°) | 59.170° N, 49.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Yasniy site, Dombarovskiy Air Base, Orensburgskaya Oblast', Rossiya | 697 km ESE (109°) | 50.750° N, 59.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Kartaly missile base | 700 km E (89°) | 52.900° N, 60.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Teykovo Missile Base, Russia | 730 km NW (306°) | 56.700° N, 40.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Kostroma missile base, Russia | 741 km NW (315°) | 57.670° N, 41.380° E | gcat-sites |
| Emba test range, Kazakshtan | 776 km SSE (149°) | 47.100° N, 55.420° E | gcat-sites |
| Nizhniy Tagil missile base, Russia (Verhknaya Salda) | 839 km NE (46°) | 58.096° N, 60.364° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 4 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| REGION | 79 km SE (125°) | 52.800° N, 51.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 176 km SE (134°) | 52.100° N, 52.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445295 | 199 km N (358°) | 55.000° N, 50.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445303 | 199 km N (358°) | 55.000° N, 50.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 294 km SE (133°) | 51.374° N, 53.257° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 295 km SE (133°) | 51.356° N, 53.249° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 297 km SE (133°) | 51.353° N, 53.271° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 298 km SE (133°) | 51.340° N, 53.270° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 298 km SE (133°) | 51.344° N, 53.291° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 300 km SE (133°) | 51.308° N, 53.273° E | nuclear-tests |
| KAMA 1 | 341 km ENE (77°) | 53.800° N, 55.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| SAPFIR | 346 km ESE (119°) | 51.600° N, 54.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| SAPFIR | 352 km ESE (119°) | 51.600° N, 54.600° E | nuclear-tests |
| KAMA 2 | 353 km E (79°) | 53.700° N, 55.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435000 | 355 km ESE (110°) | 52.000° N, 55.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 81 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, 10,091 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 53.208° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,160 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 29.2° 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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