The local space context of Auckland 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 | 36.849° S, 174.763° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,547,200 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Mercury Island | 107 km ENE (74°) | 36.580° S, 175.920° E | gcat-sites |
| Cape Karikari, North Island, New Zealand | 256 km NNW (331°) | 34.825° S, 173.405° E | gcat-sites |
| Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.865° E | gcat-sites |
| Mt White Station, Canterbury, New Zealand | 730 km SSW (198°) | 43.050° S, 171.940° E | gcat-sites |
| Birdling's Flat, Canterbury Plains, New Zealand | 795 km SSW (192°) | 43.817° S, 172.680° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electron | LOXSAT 1 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | StriX Launch 11 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | StriX Launch 12 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | StriX Launch 13 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | Aspera | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 5 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 6 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 7 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 8 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | BlackSky Gen-3 9 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | iQPS Launch 10 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | iQPS Launch 11 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | iQPS Launch 8 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | iQPS Launch 9 | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.261° S, 177.866° E | launchlibrary |
| Electron | The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7) | 382 km SE (136°) | 39.263° S, 177.864° E | launchlibrary |
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, 20,033 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 36.849° S, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,218 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 northern sky and stands 47.3° above the horizon due north — 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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