The local space context of Suez 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 | 29.974° N, 32.526° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 699,541 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deversoir Air Base | 53 km NNW (340°) | 30.423° N, 32.335° E | gcat-sites |
| Jabal Hamzah | 186 km W (276°) | 30.127° N, 30.607° E | gcat-sites |
| Negev Desert test site, Hadarom Hanegev, Israel | 263 km ENE (64°) | 31.000° N, 35.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 266 km NNE (32°) | 32.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 298 km NE (44°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 302 km NE (48°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 527 km NNE (33°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| NAMFI target launch site: either Ftena, Pachia or Makra | 594 km SE (140°) | 25.800° N, 36.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 601 km NE (42°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 694 km NNE (33°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 759 km NE (41°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 759 km ENE (62°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 810 km NNE (32°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 840 km NNE (29°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 916 km ENE (59°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 3 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, 20,272 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 29.974° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,979 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 55.1° 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
then stand at Suez in Stargazing — it computes which satellites are visible now, from this
registry, in your browser.