The local space context of Jiaxing 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 | 30.752° N, 120.750° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,180,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 106 km ENE (73°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 134 km SE (136°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 148 km W (279°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 275 km S (187°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 402 km WSW (241°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 432 km SSW (195°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 463 km N (5°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 517 km NNE (23°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 595 km N (359°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 598 km ENE (61°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 671 km NNW (336°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 674 km N (3°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 756 km NE (55°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 787 km SW (227°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 801 km NE (37°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 14 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 596 km ENE (61°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 756 km NE (55°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 979 km E (90°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 979 km E (90°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 986 km E (84°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 823 km NNW (329°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 890 km ENE (73°) | 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, 20,258 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.752° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,993 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 54.2° 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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