The local space context of Jinshan 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 | 30.836° N, 121.294° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 822,776 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 54 km ENE (68°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 114 km SSE (159°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 198 km W (274°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 295 km SSW (197°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 452 km N (359°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 453 km WSW (244°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 457 km SSW (202°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 490 km NNE (19°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 548 km ENE (60°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 590 km N (354°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 663 km N (359°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 686 km NNW (332°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 708 km NE (54°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 763 km NE (34°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 832 km SW (229°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 18 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 547 km ENE (60°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 708 km NE (54°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 927 km E (91°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 927 km E (91°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 933 km E (85°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 838 km ENE (73°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° E | nukes |
| MUSCOVY | 843 km NW (326°) | 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, 20,256 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.836° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,995 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 54.1° 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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