The local space context of The Bronx 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 | 40.850° N, 73.866° W | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,385,108 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninigret State Park (Charlestown NAS), Charlestown, Rhode Island | 193 km ENE (72°) | 41.360° N, 71.670° W | gcat-sites |
| USS Rushmore U. Michigan Cruise 1956 | 260 km ESE (110°) | 40.000° N, 71.000° W | gcat-sites |
| Vize Expedition 6, 1978 (SU017921) | 332 km SSW (197°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| 1964 Croatan MRF Expedition | 332 km SSW (197°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| 1965 Croatan MRF Expedition | 332 km SSW (197°) | 38.000° N, 75.000° W | gcat-sites |
| USS Staten Island, 1953 Arctic expedition (Operation MUSHRAT) | 339 km ENE (58°) | 42.430° N, 70.370° W | gcat-sites |
| North Truro Air Force Station | 344 km ENE (66°) | 42.030° N, 70.050° W | gcat-sites |
| Naval Air Ordnance Test Station, Chincoteague, Virginia | 352 km SSW (203°) | 37.938° N, 75.463° W | gcat-sites |
| Wallops Island Main Base, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Chincoteague, Virginia | 352 km SSW (203°) | 37.938° N, 75.463° W | gcat-sites |
| Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland | 359 km SW (218°) | 38.286° N, 76.408° W | gcat-sites |
| Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia | 363 km SSW (203°) | 37.830° N, 75.480° W | gcat-sites |
| Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia | 363 km SSW (203°) | 37.830° N, 75.480° W | gcat-sites |
| Terrier intercept test area off US Atlantic coast (RI/Mass?) | 370 km E (95°) | 40.500° N, 69.500° W | gcat-sites |
| Plattsburgh AFB, NY | 424 km N (4°) | 44.653° N, 73.469° W | gcat-sites |
| Plattsburgh AFB or other FB-111 base | 425 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 | 363 km SSW (203°) | 37.833° N, 75.488° W | launchlibrary |
| Neutron | Maiden Flight | 363 km SSW (203°) | 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, 19,964 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 40.850° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,287 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 42.8° 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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