The local space context of Nantong 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 | 32.030° N, 120.875° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,273,326 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 144 km SE (141°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 198 km SW (233°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 252 km SSE (161°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 320 km N (5°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 385 km NNE (30°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 417 km S (186°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 454 km N (357°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 495 km SW (228°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 531 km N (3°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 534 km ENE (74°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 550 km NNW (329°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 573 km SSW (193°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 675 km ENE (65°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 684 km NE (43°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 719 km N (0°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 38 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 531 km ENE (74°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 674 km ENE (65°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 970 km E (92°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 977 km E (98°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 977 km E (98°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 712 km NW (322°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 848 km E (82°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° E | nukes |
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, 20,238 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.030° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,013 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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