The local space context of Queens 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 | 40.681° N, 73.837° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,316,841 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninigret State Park (Charlestown NAS), Charlestown, Rhode Island | 197 km ENE (67°) | 41.360° N, 71.670° W | gcat-sites |
| USS Rushmore U. Michigan Cruise 1956 | 252 km ESE (107°) | 40.000° N, 71.000° W | gcat-sites |
| Vize Expedition 6, 1978 (SU017921) | 315 km SSW (199°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| 1964 Croatan MRF Expedition | 315 km SSW (199°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| 1965 Croatan MRF Expedition | 315 km SSW (199°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| Naval Air Ordnance Test Station, Chincoteague, Virginia | 336 km SSW (205°) | 37.938° N, 75.463° W | gcat-sites |
| Wallops Island Main Base, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Chincoteague, Virginia | 336 km SSW (205°) | 37.938° N, 75.463° W | gcat-sites |
| Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland | 346 km SW (220°) | 38.286° N, 76.408° W | gcat-sites |
| Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia | 347 km SSW (205°) | 37.830° N, 75.480° W | gcat-sites |
| Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia | 347 km SSW (205°) | 37.830° N, 75.480° W | gcat-sites |
| USS Staten Island, 1953 Arctic expedition (Operation MUSHRAT) | 348 km NE (55°) | 42.430° N, 70.370° W | gcat-sites |
| North Truro Air Force Station | 350 km ENE (63°) | 42.030° N, 70.050° W | gcat-sites |
| Terrier intercept test area off US Atlantic coast (RI/Mass?) | 367 km E (92°) | 40.500° N, 69.500° W | gcat-sites |
| Plattsburgh AFB, NY | 443 km N (4°) | 44.653° N, 73.469° W | gcat-sites |
| Plattsburgh AFB or other FB-111 base | 443 km N (4°) | 44.660° N, 73.460° W | gcat-sites |
| … and 6 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electron | 6x HawkEye 360 | 347 km SSW (205°) | 37.833° N, 75.488° W | launchlibrary |
| Neutron | Maiden Flight | 347 km SSW (205°) | 37.832° N, 75.490° W | 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, 19,966 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 40.681° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,285 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 43.0° 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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