The local space context of Stuttgart 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 | 48.782° N, 9.177° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 612,663 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-2 launch area at Hermeskeil | 191 km WNW (301°) | 49.650° N, 6.900° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Merzig, N of Saar | 202 km WNW (293°) | 49.450° N, 6.600° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 215 km NNW (333°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown V2 WWII launch site, Europe | 267 km WNW (302°) | 50.000° N, 6.000° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 269 km NW (321°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Houffalize, Belgium | 282 km WNW (301°) | 50.040° N, 5.790° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Fraiture, Vielsalm, Ardennes | 297 km NW (305°) | 50.258° N, 5.752° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 302 km NNW (333°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Camp de Suippes, Marne, France | 342 km W (279°) | 49.150° N, 4.530° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 392 km NNW (341°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 415 km NNW (338°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Beukenhorst mansion, Vught, Nederlanden | 420 km NW (320°) | 51.624° N, 5.289° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 446 km NNW (335°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hellendoorn/Eelerberg | 447 km NNW (335°) | 52.410° N, 6.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Artillerie Schietkamp, t'Harde | 463 km NNW (331°) | 52.395° N, 5.923° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 20 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, 16,044 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 48.782° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,207 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 34.0° 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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