The local space context of Jiangyin 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 | 31.911° N, 120.263° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,779,515 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 146 km SW (223°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 178 km ESE (123°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 265 km SSE (148°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 343 km NNE (14°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 402 km S (178°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 427 km NE (36°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 445 km SW (223°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 467 km N (3°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 535 km NNW (335°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 550 km S (187°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 550 km N (9°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 593 km ENE (74°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 732 km ENE (66°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 734 km NE (45°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 735 km N (4°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 27 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 590 km ENE (74°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 732 km ENE (66°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 689 km NNW (327°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 907 km E (81°) | 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, 20,239 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.911° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,012 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 52.8° 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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