The local space context of Yixing 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 | 31.361° N, 119.820° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,285,785 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 73 km SW (232°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 194 km E (101°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 245 km SE (132°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 345 km S (171°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 372 km SW (225°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 414 km NNE (18°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 485 km S (183°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 501 km NE (35°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 532 km N (7°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 576 km NNW (341°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 618 km NNE (11°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 651 km ENE (70°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 732 km WNW (302°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 777 km SW (218°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 797 km ENE (63°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 15 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 649 km ENE (70°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 797 km ENE (63°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 721 km NNW (332°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 959 km ENE (78°) | 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, 20,246 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.361° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,005 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 53.5° 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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