The local space context of Wuxi 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 | 31.569° N, 120.289° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 4,396,835 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 123 km SW (236°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 158 km ESE (112°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 232 km SE (144°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 364 km S (178°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 380 km NNE (13°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 420 km SW (227°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 457 km NNE (33°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 505 km N (3°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 512 km S (188°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 571 km NNW (336°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 588 km N (8°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 602 km ENE (71°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 747 km ENE (63°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 759 km WNW (299°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 759 km NE (43°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 22 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 599 km ENE (71°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 747 km ENE (63°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 723 km NNW (328°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 911 km E (79°) | 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 31.569° 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 53.2° 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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