The local space context of Zaporizhzhya 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 | 47.852° N, 35.117° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 710,052 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krasnodar Krai region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 272 km ESE (117°) | 46.700° N, 38.300° E | gcat-sites |
| PMZ Pavlograd test site, Ukraine | 276 km ENE (64°) | 48.900° N, 38.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Volga region missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 311 km NNE (18°) | 50.500° N, 36.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Sverdlovsk air defence base | 354 km ENE (69°) | 48.900° N, 39.650° E | gcat-sites |
| Chernoye More (Black Sea) submarine test launch area | 437 km SSW (192°) | 44.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| ATACMS launch location, Ukraine | 442 km NW (313°) | 50.450° N, 30.520° E | gcat-sites |
| Alibey Test Range, Odessa, Ukraine | 445 km WSW (241°) | 45.815° N, 30.084° E | gcat-sites |
| Ushakov Expedition 6, 1978 | 628 km SSW (212°) | 43.000° N, 31.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Belarus missile launch sites in Russian invasion of Ukraine | 636 km NW (319°) | 52.000° N, 29.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Sinop missile test site, Turkey | 647 km S (179°) | 42.031° N, 35.190° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsMP-4 MO RF, Znamensk (Kapustin Yar), Rossiya | 795 km E (81°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| GTsP-4, Kapustin Yar, Volgograd, Rossiya | 795 km E (81°) | 48.500° N, 45.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Vladimirovka Poligon | 824 km E (82°) | 48.300° N, 46.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Akhtopol Meteorological Rocket Station | 853 km SW (224°) | 42.084° N, 27.952° E | gcat-sites |
| Tatishchevo ICBM base, Russia | 861 km ENE (57°) | 51.670° N, 45.570° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evpatoria RT-70 | 331 km SSW (207°) | 45.189° N, 33.187° E | signals |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR test 2441508 | 216 km N (6°) | 49.780° N, 35.450° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2444133 | 240 km E (79°) | 48.220° N, 38.300° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440491 | 602 km ESE (109°) | 45.880° N, 42.490° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437549 | 684 km E (81°) | 48.450° N, 44.300° E | nuclear-tests |
| REGION | 753 km E (95°) | 46.800° N, 45.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2435858 | 810 km E (85°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2436509 | 810 km E (85°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2436511 | 810 km E (85°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437579 | 810 km E (85°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437600 | 810 km E (85°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437600 | 810 km E (85°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437960 | 810 km E (85°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437966 | 810 km E (85°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2437970 | 810 km E (85°) | 48.000° N, 46.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2441513 | 860 km ENE (70°) | 49.990° N, 46.440° 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, 16,070 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 47.852° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,181 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 35.0° 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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