The local space context of Yerevan 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 | 40.178° N, 44.513° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,144,700 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Iskander launch site, Armenia | 0 km NW (319°) | 40.180° N, 44.510° E | gcat-sites |
| Tabriz Missile Base S | 284 km SSE (149°) | 37.978° N, 46.176° E | gcat-sites |
| Ordzhonikidze missile base, Ordzhonikidze (Vladikavkaz), S Ossetia | 316 km N (2°) | 43.020° N, 44.650° E | gcat-sites |
| North Ossetia? Possible Iskander launch point | 317 km N (352°) | 43.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Rize-Artvin Havalimani | 330 km WNW (291°) | 41.169° N, 40.829° E | gcat-sites |
| Derecik missile base | 346 km S (183°) | 37.074° N, 44.304° E | gcat-sites |
| Makhachkala missile base, Makhachkala, Dagestan | 375 km NE (41°) | 42.700° N, 47.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 471 km SSW (204°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Missile base, Kurdistan province, Iran | 482 km SSE (164°) | 36.000° N, 46.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 506 km SSW (194°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Kirkuk region, Iraq | 524 km S (181°) | 35.470° N, 44.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 690 km S (174°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 690 km SSE (159°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 754 km SSW (205°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Kilometer 160, Ar Ramadi, Al Ambar, Iraq | 764 km S (190°) | 33.400° N, 43.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 23 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2440491 | 655 km NNW (346°) | 45.880° N, 42.490° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 737 km N (3°) | 46.800° N, 45.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 787 km NNE (21°) | 46.730° N, 48.197° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 789 km NNE (21°) | 46.743° N, 48.213° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 789 km NNE (21°) | 46.748° N, 48.215° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 791 km NNE (21°) | 46.754° N, 48.270° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 793 km NNE (20°) | 46.843° N, 48.023° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 795 km NNE (21°) | 46.780° N, 48.300° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 795 km NNE (21°) | 46.790° N, 48.270° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 796 km NNE (21°) | 46.790° N, 48.290° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 796 km NNE (21°) | 46.796° N, 48.297° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 798 km NNE (21°) | 46.817° N, 48.279° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 798 km NNE (21°) | 46.816° N, 48.291° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 798 km NNE (21°) | 46.820° N, 48.280° E | nuclear-tests |
| VEGA | 799 km NNE (21°) | 46.837° N, 48.231° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 47 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, 19,971 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 40.178° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,280 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 43.5° 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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