The local space context of Shangrao 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 | 28.452° N, 117.943° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,116,486 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 99 km NW (306°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 229 km SE (134°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 241 km E (93°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 304 km NNE (24°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 399 km ENE (66°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 414 km SW (225°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 471 km NE (52°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 699 km SSE (158°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Jiu Peng air base 7, Pingtung, Formosa | 764 km SSE (156°) | 22.130° N, 120.920° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 780 km NNE (22°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 836 km NNW (328°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 866 km N (359°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 871 km NNE (32°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 886 km NNE (16°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 964 km NE (55°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 2 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 963 km NE (55°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 970 km N (350°) | 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, 20,359 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 28.452° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,892 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 56.8° 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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