The local space context of Suzhou 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 | 31.304° N, 120.595° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 6,715,559 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 121 km ESE (105°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 137 km WSW (254°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 191 km SE (146°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 335 km S (183°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 404 km N (8°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 423 km SW (233°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 468 km NNE (28°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 488 km SSW (192°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 534 km N (360°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 585 km ENE (67°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 609 km NNW (335°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 614 km N (5°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 735 km ENE (60°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 762 km NE (40°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 799 km WNW (300°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 21 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 583 km ENE (67°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 735 km ENE (60°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 996 km E (93°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 996 km E (93°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 996 km E (88°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 763 km NNW (328°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 888 km ENE (77°) | 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, 20,247 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.304° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,004 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 53.5° 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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