The local space context of Saratov 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 | 51.541° N, 45.990° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 844,858 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatishchevo ICBM base, Russia | 32 km WNW (297°) | 51.670° N, 45.570° E | gcat-sites |
| Tactical launch site, Urda, Kazakhstan | 327 km SSE (160°) | 48.760° N, 47.480° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsMP-4 MO RF, Znamensk (Kapustin Yar), Rossiya | 338 km S (182°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya | 338 km S (182°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Vladimirovka Poligon | 361 km S (178°) | 48.300° N, 46.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Ashuluk, Rossiya | 481 km SSE (161°) | 47.422° N, 48.034° E | gcat-sites |
| Sverdlovsk air defence base | 538 km WSW (239°) | 48.900° N, 39.650° E | gcat-sites |
| PMZ Pavlograd test site, Ukraine | 608 km WSW (244°) | 48.900° N, 38.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Volga region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 673 km W (264°) | 50.500° N, 36.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Teykovo Missile Base, Russia | 678 km NNW (330°) | 56.700° N, 40.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Makat tactical missile base, Atyrau, Kazakstan | 682 km SE (126°) | 47.650° N, 53.320° E | gcat-sites |
| Kostroma missile base, Russia | 743 km NNW (338°) | 57.670° N, 41.380° E | gcat-sites |
| Krasnodar Krai region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 776 km SW (229°) | 46.700° N, 38.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Emba test range, Kazakshtan | 842 km ESE (122°) | 47.100° N, 55.420° E | gcat-sites |
| Yurya missile site, Russia | 876 km NNE (13°) | 59.170° N, 49.440° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2441513 | 175 km S (169°) | 49.990° N, 46.440° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 275 km SE (145°) | 49.500° N, 48.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437549 | 364 km SSW (200°) | 48.450° N, 44.300° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 375 km ENE (66°) | 52.800° N, 51.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2442530 | 392 km SSE (167°) | 48.100° N, 47.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435858 | 394 km S (180°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2436509 | 394 km S (180°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2436511 | 394 km S (180°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437579 | 394 km S (180°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437600 | 394 km S (180°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437600 | 394 km S (180°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437960 | 394 km S (180°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437966 | 394 km S (180°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437970 | 394 km S (180°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2442528 | 394 km SSE (167°) | 48.080° N, 47.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 71 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, 15,709 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 51.541° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,542 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° | 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 31.0° 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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