The local space context of Tolyatti 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 | 53.530° N, 49.346° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 702,879 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatishchevo ICBM base, Russia | 328 km SW (232°) | 51.670° N, 45.570° E | gcat-sites |
| Tactical launch site, Urda, Kazakhstan | 546 km SSW (195°) | 48.760° N, 47.480° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsMP-4 MO RF, Znamensk (Kapustin Yar), Rossiya | 612 km SSW (205°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya | 612 km SSW (205°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Vladimirovka Poligon | 622 km SSW (202°) | 48.300° N, 46.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yurya missile site, Russia | 627 km N (0°) | 59.170° N, 49.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Bershet missile base, Russia | 636 km NE (41°) | 57.692° N, 56.306° E | gcat-sites |
| Teykovo Missile Base, Russia | 666 km NW (305°) | 56.700° N, 40.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Kostroma missile base, Russia | 679 km NW (316°) | 57.670° N, 41.380° E | gcat-sites |
| Ashuluk, Rossiya | 685 km S (188°) | 47.422° N, 48.034° E | gcat-sites |
| Makat tactical missile base, Atyrau, Kazakstan | 711 km SSE (155°) | 47.650° N, 53.320° E | gcat-sites |
| Kartaly missile base | 752 km E (91°) | 52.900° N, 60.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Yasniy site, Dombarovskiy Air Base, Orensburgskaya Oblast', Rossiya | 758 km ESE (110°) | 50.750° N, 59.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Emba test range, Kazakshtan | 834 km SSE (147°) | 47.100° N, 55.420° E | gcat-sites |
| Sverdlovsk air defence base | 848 km WSW (237°) | 48.900° N, 39.650° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 4 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| REGION | 142 km SE (124°) | 52.800° N, 51.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445295 | 169 km NNE (14°) | 55.000° N, 50.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445303 | 169 km NNE (14°) | 55.000° N, 50.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 239 km SE (131°) | 52.100° N, 52.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 357 km SE (131°) | 51.374° N, 53.257° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 358 km SE (131°) | 51.356° N, 53.249° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 360 km SE (131°) | 51.353° N, 53.271° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 361 km SE (131°) | 51.340° N, 53.270° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 361 km SE (131°) | 51.344° N, 53.291° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 363 km SE (131°) | 51.308° N, 53.273° E | nuclear-tests |
| KAMA 1 | 387 km E (83°) | 53.800° N, 55.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| KAMA 2 | 400 km E (85°) | 53.700° N, 55.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| SAPFIR | 409 km ESE (120°) | 51.600° N, 54.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| SAPFIR | 415 km ESE (119°) | 51.600° N, 54.600° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435000 | 417 km ESE (112°) | 52.000° N, 55.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 80 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, 10,046 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 53.530° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,205 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° | 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 28.9° 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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