The local space context of Zhabei 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 | 31.259° N, 121.460° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 840,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 43 km SE (128°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 155 km S (171°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 216 km W (261°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 345 km SSW (198°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 406 km N (357°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 440 km NNE (19°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 489 km WSW (240°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 507 km SSW (201°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 512 km ENE (64°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 545 km N (352°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 617 km N (358°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 653 km NNW (329°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 668 km ENE (57°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 715 km NE (36°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 807 km N (357°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 25 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 510 km ENE (63°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 668 km ENE (57°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 913 km E (94°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 913 km E (94°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 914 km E (88°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 810 km ENE (76°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° E | nukes |
| MUSCOVY | 814 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 31.259° 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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