The local space context of Binzhou 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 | 37.367° N, 118.017° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 682,717 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 129 km SSW (192°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 268 km ESE (121°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 277 km N (1°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 283 km ENE (63°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 289 km ESE (102°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 395 km SE (133°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 409 km ENE (58°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 442 km NNE (32°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 478 km W (273°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Jinzhou missile base, Liaoning province | 504 km NNE (32°) | 41.190° N, 121.170° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 519 km ESE (119°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 535 km WSW (238°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Kwail? Launch site in S Hwanghae Province | 625 km ENE (77°) | 38.426° N, 125.019° E | gcat-sites |
| Jangyon (Changyon), S Hwanghae prov. | 630 km E (79°) | 38.250° N, 125.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Sohae Launch Site, Tongch'ang-dong, Pyongang-bukdo (N Pyongan Prov), N Korea | 635 km ENE (64°) | 39.660° N, 124.706° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 43 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 887 km ESE (119°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 917 km ESE (108°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 183 km WSW (258°) | 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, 20,020 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 37.367° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,231 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 46.7° 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
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