The local space context of Wrocław 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 | 51.103° N, 17.030° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 672,545 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 273 km NNW (342°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 285 km NNE (13°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Truppenubungsplatz Heidelager, Blizna, Krakow, Polska | 351 km ESE (105°) | 50.200° N, 21.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Centralny Poligon Sil Powietrzynch | 384 km N (356°) | 54.550° N, 16.610° E | gcat-sites |
| Heersversuchsstelle Peenemunde, Usedom, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 405 km NNW (329°) | 54.173° N, 13.801° E | gcat-sites |
| Leba (Ustka), Slupsk, Pomerania, Polska | 410 km N (5°) | 54.780° N, 17.550° E | gcat-sites |
| Zingst Range, MMR-06 pad, DDR | 451 km NW (321°) | 54.200° N, 12.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen, Deutschland | 642 km WNW (302°) | 53.870° N, 8.700° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 652 km W (268°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 681 km WNW (283°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 685 km W (275°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 710 km WNW (284°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 719 km W (270°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hermeskeil | 736 km W (261°) | 49.650° N, 6.900° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 742 km WNW (285°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 13 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, 15,718 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 51.103° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,533 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 31.5° 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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