The local space context of Baoding 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 | 38.873° N, 115.463° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,739,887 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 251 km ENE (63°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 293 km WSW (239°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 354 km SE (145°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 474 km E (93°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 499 km ENE (64°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 510 km SSW (206°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 546 km ESE (123°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Jinzhou missile base, Liaoning province | 550 km ENE (60°) | 41.190° N, 121.170° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 554 km ESE (113°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 570 km E (84°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 583 km SW (231°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 674 km SE (129°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Uiju launch location, N Pyongan province, N Korea | 793 km ENE (78°) | 40.026° N, 124.578° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 796 km ESE (120°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Sohae Launch Site, Tongch'ang-dong, Pyongang-bukdo (N Pyongan Prov), N Korea | 800 km E (81°) | 39.660° N, 124.706° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 28 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 212 km SSE (167°) | 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, 20,002 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 38.873° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,249 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 45.0° 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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