The local space context of Shaoxing 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 | 30.002° N, 120.579° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,300,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 111 km E (97°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 164 km NE (46°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 167 km NW (309°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 190 km S (185°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 347 km SSW (196°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 354 km WSW (252°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 548 km N (6°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 600 km NNE (22°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 656 km NE (56°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 678 km N (0°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 720 km SW (231°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 742 km NNW (340°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 758 km N (4°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 819 km NE (51°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 823 km S (181°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 654 km NE (55°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 819 km NE (51°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 1,000 km E (85°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 1,000 km E (85°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 888 km NNW (333°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 933 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 30.002° 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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