The local space context of Zhenjiang 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 | 32.211° N, 119.455° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 950,516 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 142 km S (189°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 260 km ESE (120°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 337 km SE (140°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 339 km NNE (28°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 424 km SSW (212°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 444 km SSE (168°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 445 km NNE (13°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 452 km NE (46°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 475 km NNW (341°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 535 km NNE (17°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 580 km S (179°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 656 km WNW (297°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 659 km ENE (79°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 711 km N (10°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 768 km NE (51°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 27 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 656 km ENE (78°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 790 km ENE (70°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 621 km NNW (330°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 978 km E (84°) | 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, 20,222 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.211° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,029 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 52.5° 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.
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