The local space context of Tabuk 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 | 28.400° N, 36.572° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 667,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAMFI target launch site: either Ftena, Pachia or Makra | 290 km S (185°) | 25.800° N, 36.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Negev Desert test site, Hadarom Hanegev, Israel | 327 km NNW (333°) | 31.000° N, 35.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 406 km NNW (337°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 429 km NNW (336°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Deversoir Air Base | 468 km WNW (300°) | 30.423° N, 32.335° E | gcat-sites |
| Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 470 km NNW (329°) | 32.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 588 km NNE (30°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Jabal Hamzah | 610 km WNW (290°) | 30.127° N, 30.607° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 615 km N (3°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 622 km N (352°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 679 km NE (52°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 687 km NE (52°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 746 km N (10°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 747 km N (1°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 752 km NNE (33°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 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, 20,368 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 28.400° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,883 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 56.9° 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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