The local space context of Turin 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 | 45.071° N, 7.687° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 847,287 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre d'Essais de la Mediterranee, Ile du Levant, Var, France | 245 km SSW (204°) | 43.050° N, 6.470° E | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais et de Recherches d'Engins Speciaux, Ile du Levant, Var | 245 km SSW (204°) | 43.050° N, 6.470° E | gcat-sites |
| Le Cardonnet, Montpelier, France | 362 km WSW (244°) | 43.580° N, 3.640° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Merzig, N of Saar | 494 km N (351°) | 49.450° N, 6.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Camp de Suippes, Marne, France | 513 km NNW (333°) | 49.150° N, 4.530° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hermeskeil | 513 km N (354°) | 49.650° N, 6.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown V2 WWII launch site, Europe | 563 km NNW (348°) | 50.000° N, 6.000° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Houffalize, Belgium | 571 km NNW (346°) | 50.040° N, 5.790° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Fraiture, Vielsalm, Ardennes | 595 km NNW (347°) | 50.258° N, 5.752° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 604 km N (1°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 624 km N (354°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Poligono Sperimentale e di Addestramento Interforze del Salto di Quirra | 625 km SSE (166°) | 39.600° N, 9.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Salto di Quirra (San Lorenzo), Perdas de Fogu, Sardegna | 625 km SSE (166°) | 39.600° N, 9.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Vernon, Eure, France | 647 km NW (316°) | 49.080° N, 1.480° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 680 km N (357°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 17 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, 16,150 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 45.071° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,101 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 38.1° 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.
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