The local space context of Edogawe 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 | 35.692° N, 139.873° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 697,932 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niijima, Nippon | 161 km SSW (200°) | 34.330° N, 139.270° E | gcat-sites |
| Sendai, Japan | 301 km NNE (17°) | 38.270° N, 140.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, South Australia | 394 km W (259°) | 34.940° N, 135.630° E | gcat-sites |
| Ryori, Sanrikucho, Japan | 409 km NNE (24°) | 39.030° N, 141.830° E | gcat-sites |
| Akita Rocket Range (ATC) | 432 km N (2°) | 39.571° N, 140.057° E | gcat-sites |
| Spaceport Kii, Kanagawa | 436 km WSW (238°) | 33.544° N, 135.889° E | gcat-sites |
| Obuchi (Obachi?), Aomori, Honshu, Nippon | 580 km NNE (16°) | 40.700° N, 141.730° E | gcat-sites |
| Interstellar Technologies Test Site, Taiki, Hokkaido | 818 km NNE (21°) | 42.506° N, 143.457° E | gcat-sites |
| Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon | 953 km WSW (241°) | 31.250° N, 131.079° E | gcat-sites |
| Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima (formerly Kagoshima) | 953 km WSW (241°) | 31.250° N, 131.079° E | gcat-sites |
| Gangneung Airbase, South Korea | 998 km WNW (286°) | 37.754° N, 128.966° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 953 km WSW (241°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroshima (Little Boy) | 690 km W (260°) | 34.395° N, 132.455° E | nukes |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 975 km WSW (253°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° E | nukes |
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, 20,049 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.692° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,202 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 48.6° 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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