The local space context of Valencia 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 | 39.474° N, 0.380° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 824,340 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre d'Essais de Lancement de Missiles (former CEL) | 548 km N (353°) | 44.362° N, 1.250° W | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais de Landes, Biscarosse, Landes, France | 558 km N (353°) | 44.450° N, 1.250° W | gcat-sites |
| DGA Essais de missiles, Site Landes, Biscarosse, Landes, France | 558 km N (353°) | 44.450° N, 1.250° W | gcat-sites |
| Le Cardonnet, Montpelier, France | 566 km NE (35°) | 43.580° N, 3.640° E | gcat-sites |
| Base aerienne 120, Cazaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 567 km N (354°) | 44.540° N, 1.113° W | gcat-sites |
| Estacion de sondeos atmosfericos de El Arenosillo, Huelva, Espana | 615 km WSW (247°) | 37.096° N, 6.742° W | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais de la Mediterranee, Ile du Levant, Var, France | 697 km NE (53°) | 43.050° N, 6.470° E | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais et de Recherches d'Engins Speciaux, Ile du Levant, Var | 697 km NE (53°) | 43.050° N, 6.470° E | gcat-sites |
| Poligono Sperimentale e di Addestramento Interforze del Salto di Quirra | 841 km E (86°) | 39.600° N, 9.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Salto di Quirra (San Lorenzo), Perdas de Fogu, Sardegna | 841 km E (86°) | 39.600° N, 9.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Zone de lancement SNLE, Golfe de Gascogne, Bretagne | 952 km NNW (341°) | 47.500° N, 4.500° W | gcat-sites |
| Zone de lancement SNLE, Baie d'Audierne | 954 km NNW (343°) | 47.630° N, 4.050° W | gcat-sites |
| Centre Interarmees d'Essais d'Engins Speciaux (CIEES), Algerie | 986 km SSW (195°) | 30.887° N, 3.083° W | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DSN Madrid | 346 km WNW (289°) | 40.431° N, 4.248° W | signals |
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, 19,991 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 39.474° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,260 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 44.3° 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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