The local space context of Beijing 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 | 39.907° N, 116.397° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 18,960,744 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 145 km E (92°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 384 km ENE (75°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 418 km ESE (111°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 424 km SSE (164°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 424 km SW (232°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Jinzhou missile base, Liaoning province | 428 km ENE (69°) | 41.190° N, 121.170° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 491 km E (97°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 543 km SE (128°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 559 km SE (138°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 649 km SSW (208°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Uiju launch location, N Pyongan province, N Korea | 697 km E (86°) | 40.026° N, 124.578° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 699 km SE (141°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Dongrim (Tongrim), N Pyongan Prov. | 708 km E (87°) | 39.900° N, 124.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Sohae Launch Site, Tongch'ang-dong, Pyongang-bukdo (N Pyongan Prov), N Korea | 710 km E (90°) | 39.660° N, 124.706° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 719 km SW (229°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 37 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 323 km S (186°) | 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, 19,986 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 39.907° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,265 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 43.8° 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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