The local space context of Shanghai 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 | 31.222° N, 121.458° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 24,874,500 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 41 km ESE (123°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 151 km S (171°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 215 km W (262°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 341 km SSW (198°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 410 km N (357°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 444 km NNE (18°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 487 km WSW (240°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 503 km SSW (201°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 514 km ENE (63°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 549 km N (352°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 621 km N (358°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 656 km NNW (329°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 671 km NE (56°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 719 km NE (35°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 811 km N (357°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 24 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 512 km ENE (63°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 670 km NE (56°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 913 km E (93°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 913 km E (93°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 915 km E (87°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 811 km ENE (76°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° E | nukes |
| MUSCOVY | 817 km NW (324°) | 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, 20,250 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.222° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,001 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 53.6° 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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