The local space context of Winnipeg 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 | 49.884° N, 97.147° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 749,607 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley R. Mickelson Safeguard Complex (SRMSC) | 168 km SSW (212°) | 48.593° N, 98.356° W | gcat-sites |
| Grand Forks AFB | 215 km S (185°) | 47.960° N, 97.400° W | gcat-sites |
| Grand Forks AFB or other B-52/SRAM base | 215 km S (185°) | 47.960° N, 97.400° W | gcat-sites |
| Red Lake, Chukuni Range, Ontario, Canada | 283 km ENE (66°) | 50.880° N, 93.470° W | gcat-sites |
| Gillam, Manitoba | 695 km N (6°) | 56.100° N, 96.000° W | gcat-sites |
| Keweenaw Rocket Launch Site (KRLS), Michigan | 744 km ESE (108°) | 47.430° N, 87.720° W | gcat-sites |
| Ellsworth AFB | 781 km SW (218°) | 44.145° N, 103.104° W | gcat-sites |
| Southend, Saskatchewan, Canada | 821 km NNW (332°) | 56.260° N, 103.360° W | gcat-sites |
| Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, Alberta (meteorological rockets) | 991 km WNW (302°) | 54.000° N, 110.000° W | gcat-sites |
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, 15,978 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 49.884° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,273 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 32.8° 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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