The local space context of Zhoushan 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 | 29.989° N, 122.205° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 882,932 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 49 km WSW (256°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 120 km NNW (342°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 257 km SW (223°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 305 km WNW (291°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 419 km SW (218°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 505 km WSW (258°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 534 km NE (47°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 554 km N (350°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 562 km N (7°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 697 km NNW (348°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 704 km NE (44°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 763 km N (353°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 801 km NNE (26°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 810 km NNW (330°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 839 km SSW (192°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 10 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 533 km NE (47°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 704 km NE (44°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-22 | Michibiki 7 (QZS-7) | 844 km E (85°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| H3-24 | Martian Moon eXplorer (MMX) | 844 km E (85°) | 30.401° N, 130.976° E | launchlibrary |
| Epsilon S | JV-LOTUSat-1 | 861 km ENE (78°) | 31.251° N, 131.082° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 790 km ENE (65°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° E | nukes |
| MUSCOVY | 970 km NW (325°) | 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, 20,272 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 29.989° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,979 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 55.0° 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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