The local space context of Shymkent 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 | 42.310° N, 69.600° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,200,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sary Ozek missile base, Kazakhstan | 193 km NW (305°) | 43.300° N, 67.650° E | gcat-sites |
| Kattakurgan missile base, Samarkand region | 385 km SW (227°) | 39.900° N, 66.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Sary Shagan Antimissile Test Center (NIIP-A, GNIIP-10), Balkash | 522 km NNE (29°) | 46.380° N, 72.870° E | gcat-sites |
| GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | 667 km NW (310°) | 46.000° N, 63.000° E | gcat-sites |
| NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | 667 km NW (310°) | 46.000° N, 63.000° E | gcat-sites |
| SP-5 Tactical missile site, Chelkar, Aktyubinsk | 996 km NW (312°) | 47.850° N, 59.610° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-29 | 632 km NW (312°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-35 (96P) | 632 km NW (312°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P) | 632 km NW (312°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERIDIAN | 186 km WNW (284°) | 42.700° N, 67.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| MERIDIAN | 393 km NNW (339°) | 45.600° N, 67.800° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439998 | 537 km SW (226°) | 38.890° N, 65.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439399 | 581 km SW (230°) | 38.800° N, 64.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435506 | 799 km NW (304°) | 46.000° N, 61.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| JOE 1 | 807 km NE (36°) | 48.000° N, 76.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2433914 | 807 km NE (36°) | 48.000° N, 76.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| JOE 3 | 807 km NE (36°) | 48.000° N, 76.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| CRATER | 847 km SW (232°) | 37.400° N, 62.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446051 | 858 km NE (40°) | 48.000° N, 77.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| MERIDIAN | 915 km N (355°) | 50.500° N, 68.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| TELKEM-2 | 930 km SE (127°) | 37.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440734 | 945 km NE (42°) | 48.300° N, 78.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446175 | 972 km WNW (288°) | 44.440° N, 57.930° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446028 | 989 km NE (38°) | 49.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 4 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, 19,911 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 42.310° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,340 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 41.1° 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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