The local space context of Wenzhou 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 | 27.999° N, 120.667° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,650,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 42 km NW (322°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 153 km SW (224°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 233 km NNE (26°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 354 km NNE (18°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 357 km NNW (337°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 363 km WNW (288°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 601 km S (182°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 613 km WSW (248°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jiu Peng air base 7, Pingtung, Formosa | 653 km S (178°) | 22.130° N, 120.920° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 769 km N (4°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 797 km NE (42°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 809 km NNE (15°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 901 km N (359°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 957 km NNW (344°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 968 km NE (41°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 1 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 796 km NE (42°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 968 km NE (41°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
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, 20,408 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 27.999° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,843 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 57.3° 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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