The local space context of Ufa 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 | 54.743° N, 55.968° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,120,547 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bershet missile base, Russia | 329 km N (4°) | 57.692° N, 56.306° E | gcat-sites |
| Kartaly missile base | 367 km ESE (122°) | 52.900° N, 60.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Nizhniy Tagil missile base, Russia (Verhknaya Salda) | 460 km NE (34°) | 58.096° N, 60.364° E | gcat-sites |
| Yasniy site, Dombarovskiy Air Base, Orensburgskaya Oblast', Rossiya | 504 km SSE (150°) | 50.750° N, 59.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Yurya missile site, Russia | 631 km NW (324°) | 59.170° N, 49.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Tyumen' missile base, Russia | 644 km ENE (65°) | 56.850° N, 65.570° E | gcat-sites |
| Tatishchevo ICBM base, Russia | 771 km WSW (248°) | 51.670° N, 45.570° E | gcat-sites |
| Derzhavinsk missile site, Russia | 777 km ESE (115°) | 51.300° N, 66.100° E | gcat-sites |
| SP-5 Tactical missile site, Chelkar, Aktyubinsk | 807 km SSE (160°) | 47.850° N, 59.610° E | gcat-sites |
| Makat tactical missile base, Atyrau, Kazakstan | 810 km SSW (194°) | 47.650° N, 53.320° E | gcat-sites |
| Emba test range, Kazakshtan | 851 km S (183°) | 47.100° N, 55.420° E | gcat-sites |
| Tactical launch site, Urda, Kazakhstan | 884 km SW (225°) | 48.760° N, 47.480° E | gcat-sites |
| Kostroma missile base, Russia | 957 km WNW (296°) | 57.670° N, 41.380° E | gcat-sites |
| Vladimirovka Poligon | 983 km SW (227°) | 48.300° N, 46.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Ashuluk, Rossiya | 983 km SW (217°) | 47.422° N, 48.034° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 3 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAMA 1 | 116 km SSW (206°) | 53.800° N, 55.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| KAMA 2 | 122 km SSW (198°) | 53.700° N, 55.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| BUTAN 1+2 | 194 km S (179°) | 53.000° N, 56.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| BUTAN | 194 km S (179°) | 53.000° N, 56.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| MAGISTRAL | 283 km S (184°) | 52.200° N, 55.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440473 | 284 km N (0°) | 57.300° N, 56.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| GRIFON | 299 km NNW (346°) | 57.350° N, 54.770° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435000 | 312 km SSW (192°) | 52.000° N, 55.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| SAPFIR | 361 km SSW (195°) | 51.600° N, 54.600° E | nuclear-tests |
| SAPFIR | 363 km SSW (196°) | 51.600° N, 54.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445295 | 383 km W (277°) | 55.000° N, 50.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445303 | 383 km W (277°) | 55.000° N, 50.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 386 km WSW (238°) | 52.800° N, 51.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| GRIFON | 387 km S (190°) | 51.310° N, 55.030° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 394 km SW (223°) | 52.100° N, 52.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 47 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, 9,969 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 54.743° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,282 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 27.5° 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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