The local space context of Sagamihara 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 | 35.567° N, 139.242° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 720,780 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niijima, Nippon | 138 km S (179°) | 34.330° N, 139.270° E | gcat-sites |
| Sendai, Japan | 335 km NNE (26°) | 38.270° N, 140.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, South Australia | 335 km W (259°) | 34.940° N, 135.630° E | gcat-sites |
| Spaceport Kii, Kanagawa | 381 km SW (235°) | 33.544° N, 135.889° E | gcat-sites |
| Ryori, Sanrikucho, Japan | 448 km NNE (30°) | 39.030° N, 141.830° E | gcat-sites |
| Akita Rocket Range (ATC) | 451 km N (9°) | 39.571° N, 140.057° E | gcat-sites |
| Obuchi (Obachi?), Aomori, Honshu, Nippon | 611 km NNE (20°) | 40.700° N, 141.730° E | gcat-sites |
| Interstellar Technologies Test Site, Taiki, Hokkaido | 853 km NNE (24°) | 42.506° N, 143.457° E | gcat-sites |
| Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon | 896 km WSW (240°) | 31.250° N, 131.079° E | gcat-sites |
| Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima (formerly Kagoshima) | 896 km WSW (240°) | 31.250° N, 131.079° E | gcat-sites |
| Gangneung Airbase, South Korea | 948 km WNW (288°) | 37.754° N, 128.966° E | gcat-sites |
| Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon | 961 km SW (236°) | 30.400° N, 130.970° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 896 km WSW (240°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 961 km SW (236°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 961 km SW (236°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroshima (Little Boy) | 632 km W (260°) | 34.395° N, 132.455° E | nukes |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 917 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, 20,051 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.567° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,200 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 48.7° 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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