The local space context of Shangyu 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 | 30.016° N, 120.871° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 839,747 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 83 km E (100°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 144 km NE (39°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 189 km WNW (304°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 196 km SSW (194°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 358 km SSW (201°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 381 km WSW (253°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 544 km N (3°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 589 km NNE (19°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 632 km NE (55°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 678 km N (358°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 743 km SW (232°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 751 km NNW (338°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 755 km N (2°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 796 km NE (50°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 825 km S (183°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 8 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 630 km NE (54°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 796 km NE (50°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 972 km E (85°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 972 km E (85°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 986 km E (79°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 900 km NNW (331°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 906 km ENE (68°) | 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, 20,272 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.016° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,979 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 55.0° 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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