The local space context of Hangzhou 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 | 30.294° N, 120.161° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 11,936,010 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 116 km NW (309°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 157 km ESE (107°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 178 km ENE (63°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 223 km S (174°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 329 km WSW (244°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 370 km S (189°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 521 km N (10°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 587 km NNE (26°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 647 km N (3°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 672 km ENE (60°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 699 km NNW (342°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 711 km SW (227°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 730 km N (7°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 828 km NW (308°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 831 km NE (54°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 671 km ENE (59°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 831 km NE (54°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 841 km NNW (334°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 959 km ENE (71°) | 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, 20,269 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.294° 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 54.7° 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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