The local space context of Jiading 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 | 31.386° N, 121.245° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,886,100 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 68 km SE (126°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 173 km SSE (165°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 199 km WSW (256°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 353 km SSW (194°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 391 km N (359°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 434 km NNE (22°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 479 km WSW (237°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 513 km SSW (199°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 525 km ENE (66°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 528 km N (353°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 602 km N (360°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 630 km NNW (330°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 678 km ENE (58°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 716 km NE (37°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 792 km N (358°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 27 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 523 km ENE (66°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 678 km ENE (58°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 934 km E (88°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 935 km E (94°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 935 km E (94°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 790 km NW (324°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 826 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 31.386° 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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