The local space context of Taicang 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 | 31.448° N, 121.094° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 831,113 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 84 km SE (124°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 184 km SSE (161°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 187 km WSW (253°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 356 km S (191°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 384 km N (1°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 433 km NNE (24°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 471 km SW (235°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 515 km SSW (197°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 520 km N (355°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 535 km ENE (67°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 595 km N (1°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 617 km NNW (331°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 686 km ENE (59°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 719 km NE (39°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 784 km N (359°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 26 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 533 km ENE (67°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 686 km ENE (59°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 948 km E (89°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 949 km E (94°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 949 km E (94°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 776 km NW (324°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 839 km ENE (78°) | 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, 20,242 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.448° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,009 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 53.4° 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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