The local space context of Jacksonville 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 | 30.332° N, 81.656° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,009,833 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Canaveral Spaceport | 212 km SSE (154°) | 28.615° N, 80.694° W | gcat-sites |
| NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida | 217 km SSE (152°) | 28.608° N, 80.604° W | gcat-sites |
| AFMTC, Air Force Missile Test Center | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.460° N, 80.540° W | gcat-sites |
| Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.460° N, 80.540° W | gcat-sites |
| Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.460° N, 80.540° W | gcat-sites |
| Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.460° N, 80.540° W | gcat-sites |
| Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.460° N, 80.540° W | gcat-sites |
| Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex, Air Force Missile Test Center | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.460° N, 80.540° W | gcat-sites |
| Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Eastern Test Range | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.460° N, 80.540° W | gcat-sites |
| Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Eastern Test Range | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.460° N, 80.540° W | gcat-sites |
| Joint Long Range Proving Ground | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.460° N, 80.540° W | gcat-sites |
| Long Range Proving Ground | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.460° N, 80.540° W | gcat-sites |
| Spaceport Florida, Cape Canaveral | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.458° N, 80.527° W | gcat-sites |
| Space Florida, Cape Canaveral | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.458° N, 80.527° W | gcat-sites |
| Atlantic Missile Range Drop Zone, N Atlantic Ocean | 259 km SE (141°) | 28.500° N, 80.000° W | gcat-sites |
| … and 10 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope | 217 km SSE (152°) | 28.608° N, 80.604° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon Heavy | Griffin Mission One | 217 km SSE (152°) | 28.608° N, 80.604° W | launchlibrary |
| Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01) | 220 km SSE (152°) | 28.583° N, 80.583° W | launchlibrary |
| Vulcan VC4L | Dream Chaser CRS 2 Flight 1 | 220 km SSE (152°) | 28.583° N, 80.583° W | launchlibrary |
| Atlas V N22 | Starliner-1 | 220 km SSE (152°) | 28.583° N, 80.583° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | MRV-1 | 223 km SSE (152°) | 28.562° N, 80.577° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 9) | 223 km SSE (152°) | 28.562° N, 80.577° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird Block 2 #6-8 | 223 km SSE (152°) | 28.562° N, 80.577° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-13 | 223 km SSE (152°) | 28.562° N, 80.577° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25 | 223 km SSE (152°) | 28.562° N, 80.577° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 2 (x 8) | 223 km SSE (152°) | 28.562° N, 80.577° W | launchlibrary |
| Astra Rocket 4 | Maiden Flight | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.458° N, 80.528° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35 | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.458° N, 80.528° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 11-13 | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.458° N, 80.528° W | launchlibrary |
| Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Tracking Layer A | 235 km SSE (152°) | 28.458° N, 80.528° W | launchlibrary |
| … and 8 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALMON | 706 km W (278°) | 31.000° N, 89.000° W | nuclear-tests |
| STERLING | 706 km W (278°) | 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, 20,269 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.332° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,982 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 54.6° 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
then stand at Jacksonville in Stargazing — it computes which satellites are visible now, from this
registry, in your browser.