The local space context of Shizuoka 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 | 34.983° N, 138.383° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 693,389 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niijima, Nippon | 109 km SE (132°) | 34.330° N, 139.270° E | gcat-sites |
| Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, South Australia | 251 km W (270°) | 34.940° N, 135.630° E | gcat-sites |
| Spaceport Kii, Kanagawa | 279 km SW (236°) | 33.544° N, 135.889° E | gcat-sites |
| Sendai, Japan | 429 km NNE (31°) | 38.270° N, 140.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Akita Rocket Range (ATC) | 531 km NNE (16°) | 39.571° N, 140.057° E | gcat-sites |
| Ryori, Sanrikucho, Japan | 544 km NNE (33°) | 39.030° N, 141.830° E | gcat-sites |
| Obuchi (Obachi?), Aomori, Honshu, Nippon | 700 km NNE (24°) | 40.700° N, 141.730° E | gcat-sites |
| Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon | 797 km WSW (241°) | 31.250° N, 131.079° E | gcat-sites |
| Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima (formerly Kagoshima) | 797 km WSW (241°) | 31.250° N, 131.079° E | gcat-sites |
| Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon | 860 km SW (236°) | 30.400° N, 130.970° E | gcat-sites |
| Gangneung Airbase, South Korea | 897 km WNW (293°) | 37.754° N, 128.966° E | gcat-sites |
| Interstellar Technologies Test Site, Taiki, Hokkaido | 945 km NNE (26°) | 42.506° N, 143.457° E | gcat-sites |
| Goseong, South Korea | 970 km WNW (297°) | 38.523° N, 128.418° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 993 km W (270°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 796 km WSW (241°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 860 km SW (236°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 860 km SW (236°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 993 km W (270°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroshima (Little Boy) | 546 km W (265°) | 34.395° N, 132.455° E | nukes |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 824 km WSW (255°) | 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, 20,167 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 34.983° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,084 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 49.4° 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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