The local space context of Charlotte 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 | 35.227° N, 80.843° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 911,311 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| POMFLANT, Polaris Missile Facility, Atlantic | 277 km SSE (162°) | 32.850° N, 79.950° W | gcat-sites |
| Hampstead, North Carolina, 1 mi W of Topsail Beach | 308 km ESE (107°) | 34.360° N, 77.640° W | gcat-sites |
| Robins AFB, Georgia | 383 km SW (222°) | 32.640° N, 83.592° W | gcat-sites |
| Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland | 521 km NE (48°) | 38.286° N, 76.408° W | gcat-sites |
| Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia | 560 km ENE (57°) | 37.830° N, 75.480° W | gcat-sites |
| Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia | 560 km ENE (57°) | 37.830° N, 75.480° W | gcat-sites |
| Naval Air Ordnance Test Station, Chincoteague, Virginia | 567 km ENE (56°) | 37.938° N, 75.463° W | gcat-sites |
| Wallops Island Main Base, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Chincoteague, Virginia | 567 km ENE (56°) | 37.938° N, 75.463° W | gcat-sites |
| Vize Expedition 6, 1978 (SU017921) | 606 km ENE (58°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| 1964 Croatan MRF Expedition | 606 km ENE (58°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| 1965 Croatan MRF Expedition | 606 km ENE (58°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| USS Turner, Aegis NTW test launch area, 150 km off N Carolina | 676 km ESE (102°) | 33.754° N, 73.689° W | gcat-sites |
| Cape Canaveral Spaceport | 735 km S (179°) | 28.615° N, 80.694° W | gcat-sites |
| NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida | 736 km S (178°) | 28.608° N, 80.604° W | gcat-sites |
| Site D3, Cape San Blas, Eglin AFB, Florida | 750 km SW (216°) | 29.670° N, 85.370° W | gcat-sites |
| … and 18 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neutron | Maiden Flight | 559 km ENE (57°) | 37.832° N, 75.490° W | launchlibrary |
| Electron | 6x HawkEye 360 | 559 km ENE (57°) | 37.833° N, 75.488° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope | 736 km S (178°) | 28.608° N, 80.604° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon Heavy | Griffin Mission One | 736 km S (178°) | 28.608° N, 80.604° W | launchlibrary |
| Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01) | 739 km S (178°) | 28.583° N, 80.583° W | launchlibrary |
| Vulcan VC4L | Dream Chaser CRS 2 Flight 1 | 739 km S (178°) | 28.583° N, 80.583° W | launchlibrary |
| Atlas V N22 | Starliner-1 | 739 km S (178°) | 28.583° N, 80.583° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | MRV-1 | 742 km S (178°) | 28.562° N, 80.577° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 9) | 742 km S (178°) | 28.562° N, 80.577° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird Block 2 #6-8 | 742 km S (178°) | 28.562° N, 80.577° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-13 | 742 km S (178°) | 28.562° N, 80.577° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25 | 742 km S (178°) | 28.562° N, 80.577° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 2 (x 8) | 742 km S (178°) | 28.562° N, 80.577° W | launchlibrary |
| Astra Rocket 4 | Maiden Flight | 753 km S (178°) | 28.458° N, 80.528° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35 | 753 km S (178°) | 28.458° N, 80.528° W | launchlibrary |
| … and 10 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALMON | 893 km WSW (241°) | 31.000° N, 89.000° W | nuclear-tests |
| STERLING | 893 km WSW (241°) | 31.000° N, 89.000° W | nuclear-tests |
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, 20,060 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.227° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,191 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 49.1° 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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