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 | 32.491° N, 119.908° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,607,108 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 183 km SSW (201°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 244 km SE (132°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 293 km NNE (24°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 337 km SSE (149°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 399 km NE (45°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 406 km N (9°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 462 km NNW (335°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 468 km S (174°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 474 km SW (215°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 494 km NNE (13°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 611 km S (183°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 611 km E (81°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 674 km N (7°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 681 km WNW (293°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 715 km NE (51°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 32 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 609 km E (81°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 739 km ENE (71°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 617 km NW (326°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 932 km E (85°) | 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, 20,215 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.491° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,036 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 52.2° 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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