The local space context of Jiaojiang 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 | 28.698° N, 121.473° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 826,100 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 114 km WSW (247°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 134 km N (10°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 260 km N (7°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 264 km SW (225°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 332 km NW (320°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 425 km W (275°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 685 km S (188°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 686 km NE (42°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 690 km N (358°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 715 km N (11°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 716 km WSW (245°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jiu Peng air base 7, Pingtung, Formosa | 732 km S (184°) | 22.130° N, 120.920° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 828 km N (354°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 858 km NE (40°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 901 km N (358°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 685 km NE (42°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 858 km NE (40°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 938 km ENE (76°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 938 km ENE (76°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 968 km ENE (71°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 921 km ENE (58°) | 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, 20,327 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 28.698° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,924 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 56.5° 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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