The local space context of Sargodha 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 | 32.086° N, 72.674° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 975,886 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilla Firing Range, Malute, Jhelum region, Punjab, Pakistan | 157 km NNE (22°) | 33.400° N, 73.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Sonmiani Range, Sonmiani Beach, Baluchistan, Pakistan | 959 km SW (219°) | 25.200° N, 66.750° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokhran | 562 km S (189°) | 27.100° N, 71.750° E | nuclear-tests |
| Ras Koh (Chagai) | 828 km WSW (245°) | 28.760° N, 64.950° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smiling Buddha | 564 km S (190°) | 27.080° N, 71.720° E | nukes |
| SHAKTI 1-3 | 566 km S (190°) | 27.070° N, 71.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| SHAKTI4 | 566 km S (190°) | 27.070° N, 71.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| TELKEM-2 | 732 km NE (40°) | 37.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| Chagai-I | 825 km WSW (246°) | 28.830° N, 64.940° E | nukes |
| PAKISTAN test 2450964 | 943 km WSW (247°) | 28.490° N, 63.780° 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, 20,235 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.086° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,016 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 52.6° 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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