The local space context of Cixi 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 | 30.176° N, 121.246° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,457,510 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 56 km SE (126°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 109 km NNE (30°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 212 km WNW (294°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 224 km SSW (202°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 388 km SSW (205°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 421 km WSW (252°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 525 km N (359°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 561 km NNE (17°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 592 km NE (54°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 662 km N (355°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 737 km N (360°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 749 km NNW (335°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 757 km NE (50°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 783 km SW (233°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 827 km NNE (32°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 11 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 591 km NE (54°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 757 km NE (50°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 934 km E (86°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 934 km E (86°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 948 km E (80°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 866 km ENE (68°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° E | nukes |
| MUSCOVY | 902 km NNW (329°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
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, 20,269 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.176° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,982 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 54.8° 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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