The local space context of Sapporo 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 | 43.067° N, 141.350° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,973,832 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interstellar Technologies Test Site, Taiki, Hokkaido | 183 km ESE (109°) | 42.506° N, 143.457° E | gcat-sites |
| Obuchi (Obachi?), Aomori, Honshu, Nippon | 265 km S (173°) | 40.700° N, 141.730° E | gcat-sites |
| Akita Rocket Range (ATC) | 403 km SSW (196°) | 39.571° N, 140.057° E | gcat-sites |
| Ryori, Sanrikucho, Japan | 451 km S (175°) | 39.030° N, 141.830° E | gcat-sites |
| Sendai, Japan | 535 km S (184°) | 38.270° N, 140.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Novosysoyevka missile base | 656 km WNW (284°) | 44.240° N, 133.360° E | gcat-sites |
| Sovetskaya Gavan, Rossiya | 661 km N (353°) | 48.970° N, 140.300° E | gcat-sites |
| R-11 launch point in 1958 (Pacific, but location unknown) | 796 km ESE (112°) | 40.000° N, 150.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Iskander mobile launch site, Everyskaya avtonomnaya oblast | 903 km NW (317°) | 48.750° N, 133.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Simushir Island submarine launch area | 943 km ENE (59°) | 47.000° N, 152.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Simushir Island launch area, Pacific Ocean | 943 km ENE (59°) | 47.000° N, 152.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Niijima, Nippon | 988 km S (191°) | 34.330° N, 139.270° E | gcat-sites |
| Tonghae SLG, Musudan-ri, Hwadae-gun, Hamgyong Pukdo, Choson | 996 km W (260°) | 40.850° N, 129.667° E | gcat-sites |
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, 16,273 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 43.067° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 6,978 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° | no — its track stops at 41.5° |
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 40.3° 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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