The local space context of Nanjing 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 | 32.062° N, 118.778° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 9,314,685 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 131 km SSE (161°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 311 km ESE (111°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 371 km SE (130°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 379 km SSW (205°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 387 km NE (35°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 446 km SSE (159°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 474 km NNW (348°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 479 km NNE (20°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 510 km NE (49°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 568 km S (172°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 572 km NNE (22°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 608 km WNW (301°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 725 km ENE (78°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 741 km NNE (14°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 787 km SSW (209°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 17 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 722 km ENE (78°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 856 km ENE (70°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 607 km NNW (336°) | 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, 20,236 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.062° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,015 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 52.7° 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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