The local space context of Zagreb 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 | 45.814° N, 15.978° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 663,592 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter sites, Gioia del Colle, Italy | 567 km S (172°) | 40.760° N, 16.930° E | gcat-sites |
| Truppenubungsplatz Heidelager, Blizna, Krakow, Polska | 652 km NE (39°) | 50.200° N, 21.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 799 km NW (314°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hermeskeil | 801 km NW (305°) | 49.650° N, 6.900° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Merzig, N of Saar | 810 km WNW (303°) | 49.450° N, 6.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais de la Mediterranee, Ile du Levant, Var, France | 814 km WSW (251°) | 43.050° N, 6.470° E | gcat-sites |
| Centre d'Essais et de Recherches d'Engins Speciaux, Ile du Levant, Var | 814 km WSW (251°) | 43.050° N, 6.470° E | gcat-sites |
| Centrum Szkolenia Wojsk Ladowych Drawsko | 847 km N (359°) | 53.433° N, 15.764° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 866 km NW (312°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Poligono Sperimentale e di Addestramento Interforze del Salto di Quirra | 873 km SW (220°) | 39.600° N, 9.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Salto di Quirra (San Lorenzo), Perdas de Fogu, Sardegna | 873 km SW (220°) | 39.600° N, 9.430° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown V2 WWII launch site, Europe | 876 km NW (306°) | 50.000° N, 6.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Heidekraut, Tucheler Heide, Deutschland (now Polska) | 878 km N (9°) | 53.600° N, 18.000° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 879 km NW (316°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Houffalize, Belgium | 892 km NW (305°) | 50.040° N, 5.790° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 7 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, 16,113 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 45.814° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,138 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 37.3° 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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