The local space context of Bengbu 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 | 32.941° N, 117.361° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 972,784 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 282 km SE (141°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 368 km N (5°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 415 km ENE (57°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 442 km S (183°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 444 km WNW (297°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 459 km NE (39°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 472 km ESE (116°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 535 km SE (128°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 554 km NE (38°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 568 km ENE (65°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 592 km SSE (150°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 666 km NW (321°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 695 km SSE (161°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 695 km WNW (296°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 696 km NNE (26°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 15 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 839 km E (85°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 955 km ENE (77°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 470 km NNW (345°) | 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, 20,211 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.941° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,040 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 51.7° 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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