The local space context of Baoshan 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 | 31.409° N, 121.490° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,265,900 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 53 km SE (144°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 171 km S (173°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 222 km WSW (257°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 361 km SSW (197°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 389 km N (356°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 423 km NNE (19°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 500 km WSW (238°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 503 km ENE (65°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 523 km SSW (201°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 529 km N (351°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 600 km N (358°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 640 km NNW (328°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 657 km ENE (58°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 700 km NE (36°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 790 km N (356°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 30 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 500 km ENE (65°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 657 km ENE (58°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 911 km E (89°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 912 km E (95°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 912 km E (95°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 802 km NW (323°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 803 km ENE (77°) | 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, 20,245 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.409° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,006 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 53.4° 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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