The local space context of Ma’anshan 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 | 31.686° N, 118.510° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 741,531 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 106 km SE (140°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 323 km ESE (102°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 330 km SSW (204°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 366 km ESE (122°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 418 km SSE (154°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 436 km NE (34°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 511 km N (352°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 527 km NNE (21°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 532 km SSE (168°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 556 km NE (47°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 609 km NW (305°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 620 km NNE (23°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 738 km SSW (208°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 759 km ENE (75°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 788 km NNE (15°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 9 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 756 km ENE (75°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 894 km ENE (68°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 636 km NNW (339°) | 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, 20,240 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.686° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,011 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 53.1° 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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