The local space context of Qingpu 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 | 31.154° N, 121.114° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,271,424 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 69 km ESE (102°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 153 km SSE (158°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 182 km W (263°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 325 km SSW (192°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 417 km N (1°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 455 km WSW (239°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 462 km NNE (22°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 485 km SSW (198°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 547 km ENE (64°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 553 km N (355°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 628 km N (1°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 646 km NNW (332°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 702 km ENE (57°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 744 km NE (37°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 817 km N (359°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 21 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 545 km ENE (64°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 702 km ENE (57°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 946 km E (93°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 946 km E (93°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 948 km E (87°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 804 km NW (326°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 844 km ENE (75°) | 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, 20,251 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.154° 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 53.7° 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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