The local space context of Ulyanovsk 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 | 54.328° N, 48.387° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 626,540 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatishchevo ICBM base, Russia | 350 km SSW (214°) | 51.670° N, 45.570° E | gcat-sites |
| Yurya missile site, Russia | 542 km N (6°) | 59.170° N, 49.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Teykovo Missile Base, Russia | 565 km WNW (301°) | 56.700° N, 40.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Kostroma missile base, Russia | 572 km NW (313°) | 57.670° N, 41.380° E | gcat-sites |
| Bershet missile base, Russia | 618 km NE (50°) | 57.692° N, 56.306° E | gcat-sites |
| Tactical launch site, Urda, Kazakhstan | 622 km S (186°) | 48.760° N, 47.480° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsMP-4 MO RF, Znamensk (Kapustin Yar), Rossiya | 672 km SSW (196°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya | 672 km SSW (196°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Vladimirovka Poligon | 687 km SSW (194°) | 48.300° N, 46.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Ashuluk, Rossiya | 768 km S (182°) | 47.422° N, 48.034° E | gcat-sites |
| Makat tactical missile base, Atyrau, Kazakstan | 818 km SSE (153°) | 47.650° N, 53.320° E | gcat-sites |
| Kartaly missile base | 820 km E (96°) | 52.900° N, 60.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Yasniy site, Dombarovskiy Air Base, Orensburgskaya Oblast', Rossiya | 849 km ESE (113°) | 50.750° N, 59.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Nizhniy Tagil missile base, Russia (Verhknaya Salda) | 849 km NE (56°) | 58.096° N, 60.364° E | gcat-sites |
| Sverdlovsk air defence base | 852 km SW (228°) | 48.900° N, 39.650° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 3 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2445295 | 128 km NE (54°) | 55.000° N, 50.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2445303 | 128 km NE (54°) | 55.000° N, 50.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 247 km SE (132°) | 52.800° N, 51.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 345 km SE (134°) | 52.100° N, 52.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| KAMA 1 | 448 km E (95°) | 53.800° N, 55.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| KAMA 2 | 463 km E (96°) | 53.700° N, 55.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 463 km SE (133°) | 51.374° N, 53.257° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 464 km SE (133°) | 51.356° N, 53.249° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 466 km SE (133°) | 51.353° N, 53.271° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 467 km SE (133°) | 51.340° N, 53.270° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 467 km SE (133°) | 51.344° N, 53.291° E | nuclear-tests |
| LIRA | 469 km SE (134°) | 51.308° N, 53.273° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441513 | 500 km SSW (196°) | 49.990° N, 46.440° E | nuclear-tests |
| SAPFIR | 509 km SE (124°) | 51.600° N, 54.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435000 | 511 km ESE (118°) | 52.000° N, 55.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 77 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, 9,996 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 54.328° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,255 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 28.0° 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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