The local space context of Anyang 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 | 36.096° N, 114.383° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,146,839 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 196 km SW (218°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 223 km NW (315°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 300 km E (86°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 362 km W (260°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 530 km NE (37°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 557 km E (88°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 615 km E (81°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 630 km E (100°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 635 km ENE (63°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 727 km SE (141°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 758 km NE (46°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 759 km ENE (60°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 789 km E (96°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jinzhou missile base, Liaoning province | 817 km NE (44°) | 41.190° N, 121.170° E | gcat-sites |
| Bayan Hot test range | 829 km WNW (294°) | 38.758° N, 105.608° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 10 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 177 km NE (54°) | 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, 20,041 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 36.096° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,210 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 48.1° 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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