The local space context of Samarkand 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 | 39.655° N, 66.965° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 595,200 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kattakurgan missile base, Samarkand region | 63 km WNW (296°) | 39.900° N, 66.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Sary Ozek missile base, Kazakhstan | 409 km N (8°) | 43.300° N, 67.650° E | gcat-sites |
| 14th Tactical Air Base, Mashhad | 746 km WSW (242°) | 36.234° N, 59.640° E | gcat-sites |
| GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | 776 km NNW (337°) | 46.000° N, 63.000° E | gcat-sites |
| NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | 776 km NNW (337°) | 46.000° N, 63.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Sary Shagan Antimissile Test Center (NIIP-A, GNIIP-10), Balkash | 888 km NNE (31°) | 46.380° N, 72.870° E | gcat-sites |
| Tilla Firing Range, Malute, Jhelum region, Punjab, Pakistan | 896 km SE (139°) | 33.400° N, 73.300° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-29 | 758 km NNW (340°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-35 (96P) | 758 km NNW (340°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P) | 758 km NNW (340°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2439998 | 182 km WSW (243°) | 38.890° N, 65.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439399 | 233 km WSW (247°) | 38.800° N, 64.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| MERIDIAN | 341 km N (6°) | 42.700° N, 67.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| CRATER | 499 km WSW (241°) | 37.400° N, 62.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| MERIDIAN | 665 km N (6°) | 45.600° N, 67.800° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435506 | 856 km NNW (327°) | 46.000° N, 61.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446175 | 915 km NW (308°) | 44.440° N, 57.930° E | 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, 19,988 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 39.655° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,263 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 44.1° 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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