The local space context of Yancheng 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 | 33.358° N, 120.157° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,615,717 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 196 km NNE (29°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 282 km SSW (198°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 303 km SSE (149°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 308 km N (7°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 319 km NE (54°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 390 km NW (326°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 394 km NNE (14°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 414 km SSE (159°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 563 km S (178°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 567 km SSW (211°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 576 km N (6°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 581 km E (90°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 639 km ENE (56°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 672 km WNW (285°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 675 km NNE (14°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 43 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 577 km E (90°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 691 km ENE (78°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 555 km NW (318°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 906 km E (91°) | 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, 20,204 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.358° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,047 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 51.2° 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
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