The local space context of Lianyungang 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 | 34.599° N, 119.216° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,001,009 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 183 km E (79°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 208 km NE (36°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 227 km NW (324°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 303 km NE (36°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 348 km E (82°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 406 km S (180°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 459 km NNE (19°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 466 km SSE (148°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 564 km W (273°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 573 km NNE (25°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 575 km SSE (155°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 593 km N (351°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 655 km ENE (70°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 656 km SSW (198°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Jangyon (Changyon), S Hwanghae prov. | 665 km NE (51°) | 38.250° N, 125.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 44 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 677 km E (101°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 762 km E (89°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 396 km NW (314°) | 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, 20,186 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 34.599° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,065 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 49.8° 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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