The local space context of Sulaymaniyah 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 | 35.565° N, 45.433° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 878,146 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missile base, Kurdistan province, Iran | 70 km NE (46°) | 36.000° N, 46.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Kirkuk region, Iraq | 94 km W (264°) | 35.470° N, 44.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 174 km S (184°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Derecik missile base | 196 km NNW (329°) | 37.074° N, 44.304° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 210 km W (277°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 212 km SE (129°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| Tabriz Missile Base S | 276 km NNE (14°) | 37.978° N, 46.176° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 284 km WNW (287°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq | 314 km SSW (205°) | 33.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Kilometer 160, Ar Ramadi, Al Ambar, Iraq | 322 km SW (222°) | 33.400° N, 43.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iran? | 369 km ESE (117°) | 34.000° N, 49.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 441 km WSW (248°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 445 km SSE (159°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 446 km SSE (159°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 482 km SW (218°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 23 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, 20,051 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.565° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,200 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 48.7° 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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