The local space context of Minhang 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 | 31.109° N, 121.375° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,716,600 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 44 km ESE (103°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 140 km SSE (166°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 206 km W (266°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 326 km SSW (197°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 422 km N (358°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 458 km NNE (19°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 474 km WSW (241°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 488 km SSW (201°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 527 km ENE (63°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 560 km N (353°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 633 km N (359°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 663 km NNW (330°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 684 km NE (56°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 733 km NE (35°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 823 km N (357°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 24 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 525 km ENE (62°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 684 km NE (56°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 921 km E (92°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 921 km E (92°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 923 km E (87°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 822 km ENE (75°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° E | nukes |
| MUSCOVY | 823 km NW (324°) | 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, 20,251 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.109° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,000 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 53.8° 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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