The local space context of Vladivostok 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 | 43.106° N, 131.874° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 604,901 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novosysoyevka missile base | 174 km NE (43°) | 44.240° N, 133.360° E | gcat-sites |
| Tonghae SLG, Musudan-ri, Hwadae-gun, Hamgyong Pukdo, Choson | 310 km SW (217°) | 40.850° N, 129.667° E | gcat-sites |
| Jingyu missile base 28, Jingyu, Jilin province | 418 km W (259°) | 42.298° N, 126.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Shinpo Shipyard, S Hamgyong Prov (Hamgyong-namdo), North Korea | 462 km SW (223°) | 40.019° N, 128.158° E | gcat-sites |
| Harbin missile test site, Heilongjiang, Manchuria, China | 506 km NW (307°) | 45.750° N, 126.680° E | gcat-sites |
| Hamhung, S Hamyong Prov, North Korea | 509 km SW (227°) | 39.900° N, 127.500° E | gcat-sites |
| 406 Brigade Missile Base, Tonghua, Jilin Province | 512 km WSW (254°) | 41.669° N, 125.955° E | gcat-sites |
| Ryonpo, Hamju County | 516 km SW (226°) | 39.790° N, 127.533° E | gcat-sites |
| Hamju, S Hamyong Prov, North Korea | 517 km SW (227°) | 39.847° N, 127.437° E | gcat-sites |
| Sondok, S Hamyong Prov | 524 km SW (226°) | 39.744° N, 127.473° E | gcat-sites |
| Mupyong-ni, Chagang province | 529 km WSW (240°) | 40.611° N, 126.426° E | gcat-sites |
| Yonghung, S Hamyong Prov, North Korea | 554 km SW (226°) | 39.540° N, 127.240° E | gcat-sites |
| Kalma Airport, Wonsan/Kittaeryong (Gitdaeryung), Kangwon-do | 572 km SW (221°) | 39.157° N, 127.495° E | gcat-sites |
| Tongchon, Gangwon Province (Kangwon-do) | 572 km SW (217°) | 38.930° N, 127.880° E | gcat-sites |
| Kittaeryong (Gitdaeryung), Anbyun, Gangwon Province (Kangwon-do) | 580 km SW (219°) | 38.991° N, 127.624° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 40 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punggye-ri | 307 km SW (230°) | 41.280° N, 129.080° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPRK 2017 | 305 km SW (230°) | 41.300° N, 129.080° E | nukes |
| DPRK 2006 | 306 km SW (229°) | 41.280° N, 129.090° E | nukes |
| Hiroshima (Little Boy) | 970 km S (177°) | 34.395° N, 132.455° 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, 16,272 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 43.106° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 6,979 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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