The local space context of Nanchang 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 | 28.684° N, 115.853° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,357,839 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 127 km ENE (75°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 332 km SSW (195°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 411 km NE (51°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 413 km ESE (116°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 446 km E (94°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 584 km ENE (75°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 631 km ENE (64°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 720 km NNW (339°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 821 km SE (144°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 855 km NE (35°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 858 km NNE (11°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jiu Peng air base 7, Pingtung, Formosa | 889 km SE (144°) | 22.130° N, 120.920° E | gcat-sites |
| Yangjiang launch area | 910 km SSW (206°) | 21.280° N, 112.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 910 km NNW (327°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 936 km NNE (27°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 1 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 927 km N (1°) | 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, 20,327 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 28.684° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,924 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 56.5° 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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