The local space context of Yekaterinburg 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 | 56.857° N, 60.615° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,495,066 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nizhniy Tagil missile base, Russia (Verhknaya Salda) | 139 km N (354°) | 58.096° N, 60.364° E | gcat-sites |
| Bershet missile base, Russia | 275 km WNW (292°) | 57.692° N, 56.306° E | gcat-sites |
| Tyumen' missile base, Russia | 301 km E (88°) | 56.850° N, 65.570° E | gcat-sites |
| Kartaly missile base | 440 km S (180°) | 52.900° N, 60.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Yasniy site, Dombarovskiy Air Base, Orensburgskaya Oblast', Rossiya | 683 km S (187°) | 50.750° N, 59.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Yurya missile site, Russia | 706 km WNW (296°) | 59.170° N, 49.440° E | gcat-sites |
| Derzhavinsk missile site, Russia | 714 km SSE (148°) | 51.300° N, 66.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Omsk missile base, Russia | 830 km E (98°) | 55.160° N, 73.635° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2440473 | 283 km WNW (282°) | 57.300° N, 56.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| TAVDA | 295 km ENE (70°) | 57.690° N, 65.270° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435000 | 295 km SE (133°) | 55.000° N, 64.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| GRIFON | 357 km WNW (281°) | 57.350° N, 54.770° E | nuclear-tests |
| KAMA 2 | 482 km SW (225°) | 53.700° N, 55.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| KAMA 1 | 482 km SW (227°) | 53.800° N, 55.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| GELIY | 484 km NNW (343°) | 61.000° N, 58.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| GELIY | 484 km NNW (343°) | 61.000° N, 58.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| GELIY | 492 km NNW (331°) | 60.674° N, 56.295° E | nuclear-tests |
| GELIY | 502 km NNW (328°) | 60.590° N, 55.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| GELIY | 504 km NNW (332°) | 60.781° N, 56.220° E | nuclear-tests |
| BUTAN 1+2 | 520 km SW (216°) | 53.000° N, 56.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| BUTAN | 520 km SW (216°) | 53.000° N, 56.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| TAIGA | 547 km NNW (336°) | 61.300° N, 56.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| MAGISTRAL | 607 km SSW (214°) | 52.200° N, 55.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 27 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, 9,747 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 56.857° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 13,504 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° | no — its track stops at 55.9° |
| 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 25.3° 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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