The local space context of Jinan 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 | 36.668° N, 116.997° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 8,352,574 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 80 km SE (127°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 327 km E (100°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 367 km NNE (15°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 375 km E (87°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 400 km ENE (58°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 401 km WNW (285°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 418 km WSW (240°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 426 km ESE (116°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 527 km NE (56°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 557 km NE (35°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 572 km ESE (107°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 603 km W (259°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Jinzhou missile base, Liaoning province | 619 km NE (34°) | 41.190° N, 121.170° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 668 km SSE (161°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Kwail? Launch site in S Hwanghae Province | 733 km ENE (72°) | 38.426° N, 125.019° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 40 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 936 km ESE (111°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 985 km ESE (102°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 97 km WNW (294°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
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, 20,034 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 36.668° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,217 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 47.5° 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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