The local space context of Taizhou 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 | 28.663° N, 121.433° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,485,502 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 109 km WSW (248°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 138 km NNE (11°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 258 km SW (225°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 265 km N (8°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 332 km NW (321°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 422 km W (276°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 681 km S (188°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 692 km NE (42°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 694 km N (358°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 711 km WSW (245°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 720 km NNE (11°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jiu Peng air base 7, Pingtung, Formosa | 728 km S (184°) | 22.130° N, 120.920° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 831 km N (355°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 863 km NE (40°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 905 km N (359°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 691 km NE (42°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 863 km NE (40°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 943 km ENE (76°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 943 km ENE (76°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 973 km ENE (70°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 926 km ENE (58°) | 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, 20,335 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 28.663° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,916 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 56.6° 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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