The local space context of Xuhui 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 | 31.196° N, 121.447° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,109,800 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 41 km ESE (119°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 149 km S (170°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 214 km W (263°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 337 km SSW (198°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 413 km N (357°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 447 km NNE (18°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 484 km WSW (240°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 500 km SSW (201°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 516 km ENE (63°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 552 km N (352°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 624 km N (358°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 658 km NNW (329°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 673 km NE (56°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 722 km NE (35°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 814 km N (357°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 23 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 514 km ENE (63°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 673 km NE (56°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 914 km E (93°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 914 km E (93°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 916 km E (87°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 813 km ENE (75°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° E | nukes |
| MUSCOVY | 819 km NW (324°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
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, 20,250 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.196° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,001 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 53.7° 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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