The local space context of Yangzhou 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 | 32.397° N, 119.436° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 4,559,797 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 162 km S (187°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 273 km ESE (124°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 322 km NNE (30°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 354 km SE (142°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 425 km NNE (14°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 439 km NE (48°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 441 km SSW (211°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 455 km NNW (340°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 465 km SSE (168°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 515 km NNE (18°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 600 km S (178°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 645 km WNW (295°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 657 km E (80°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 691 km N (11°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 757 km NE (52°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 29 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 654 km E (80°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 785 km ENE (71°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 602 km NNW (329°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 977 km E (85°) | 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, 20,220 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.397° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,031 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 52.3° 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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