The local space context of Jiujiang 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 | 29.705° N, 116.002° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,164,268 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 136 km SE (127°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 338 km ENE (65°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 445 km SSW (193°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 455 km ESE (109°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 463 km SE (130°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 552 km E (87°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 577 km ENE (74°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 622 km NNW (334°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 743 km NNE (12°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 756 km NE (39°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 826 km NW (322°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 830 km NNE (30°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 882 km NE (46°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 908 km SSE (149°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 922 km NNW (341°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 2 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 813 km N (360°) | 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, 20,282 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 29.705° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,969 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 55.4° 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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