The local space context of Ningbo 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 | 29.878° N, 121.549° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 3,731,203 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 16 km E (89°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 130 km NNE (11°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 208 km SSW (213°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 253 km WNW (299°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 372 km SSW (211°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 441 km WSW (258°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 559 km N (357°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 586 km NNE (13°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 590 km NE (50°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 698 km N (353°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 757 km NE (47°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 770 km N (358°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 787 km WSW (236°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 792 km NNW (334°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 816 km S (188°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 8 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 588 km NE (50°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 757 km NE (46°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 908 km E (84°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 908 km E (84°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 925 km ENE (78°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 852 km ENE (66°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° E | nukes |
| MUSCOVY | 946 km NNW (329°) | 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, 20,276 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 29.878° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,975 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 55.2° 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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