The local space context of Yangpu 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 | 31.262° N, 121.519° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,210,800 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 39 km SE (133°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 155 km S (173°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 222 km W (262°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 347 km SSW (198°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 406 km N (356°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 438 km NNE (18°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 494 km WSW (240°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 507 km ENE (64°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 509 km SSW (202°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 545 km N (351°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 617 km N (357°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 655 km NNW (329°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 663 km ENE (56°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 712 km NE (35°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 807 km N (356°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 25 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 505 km ENE (63°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 663 km ENE (56°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 908 km E (94°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 908 km E (94°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 909 km E (88°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 804 km ENE (76°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° E | nukes |
| MUSCOVY | 817 km NW (323°) | 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, 20,248 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.262° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,003 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 53.6° 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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