The local space context of Yokohama 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 | 35.433° N, 139.650° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 3,777,491 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niijima, Nippon | 127 km SSW (196°) | 34.330° N, 139.270° E | gcat-sites |
| Sendai, Japan | 334 km NNE (19°) | 38.270° N, 140.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, South Australia | 369 km W (263°) | 34.940° N, 135.630° E | gcat-sites |
| Spaceport Kii, Kanagawa | 404 km WSW (240°) | 33.544° N, 135.889° E | gcat-sites |
| Ryori, Sanrikucho, Japan | 444 km NNE (25°) | 39.030° N, 141.830° E | gcat-sites |
| Akita Rocket Range (ATC) | 461 km N (4°) | 39.571° N, 140.057° E | gcat-sites |
| Obuchi (Obachi?), Aomori, Honshu, Nippon | 613 km NNE (17°) | 40.700° N, 141.730° E | gcat-sites |
| Interstellar Technologies Test Site, Taiki, Hokkaido | 852 km NNE (22°) | 42.506° N, 143.457° E | gcat-sites |
| Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon | 922 km WSW (242°) | 31.250° N, 131.079° E | gcat-sites |
| Uchinoura Space Center, Kagoshima (formerly Kagoshima) | 922 km WSW (242°) | 31.250° N, 131.079° E | gcat-sites |
| Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon | 984 km WSW (238°) | 30.400° N, 130.970° E | gcat-sites |
| Gangneung Airbase, South Korea | 987 km WNW (288°) | 37.754° N, 128.966° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 921 km WSW (242°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 984 km WSW (238°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 984 km WSW (238°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroshima (Little Boy) | 666 km W (262°) | 34.395° N, 132.455° E | nukes |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 948 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, 20,053 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.433° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,198 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 48.9° 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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