The local space context of Stockholm 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 | 59.329° N, 18.069° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,515,017 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leba (Ustka), Slupsk, Pomerania, Polska | 507 km S (184°) | 54.780° N, 17.550° E | gcat-sites |
| Centralny Poligon Sil Powietrzynch | 539 km S (190°) | 54.550° N, 16.610° E | gcat-sites |
| Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde, Usedom, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 629 km SSW (206°) | 54.173° N, 13.801° E | gcat-sites |
| Marka Range, Lista, Norway | 633 km W (263°) | 58.200° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 637 km S (180°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Zingst Range, MMR-06 pad, DDR | 657 km SSW (212°) | 54.200° N, 12.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 671 km SSW (193°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| Kronogard (Jokkmokk/Vidsel), Norrbottens Lan, Sverige | 771 km N (6°) | 66.220° N, 19.780° E | gcat-sites |
| Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Deutschland | 834 km SW (227°) | 53.870° N, 8.700° E | gcat-sites |
| ESRANGE, Kiruna | 964 km N (8°) | 67.894° N, 21.107° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Themis Demonstrator | T1H-1 | 962 km N (8°) | 67.877° N, 21.165° E | launchlibrary |
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, 9,685 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 59.329° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,566 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° | no — its track stops at 55.9° |
| 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 22.6° 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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