The local space context of Bozhou 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 | 33.877° N, 115.770° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,409,436 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 266 km WNW (291°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 316 km NNE (33°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 459 km SE (134°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 494 km NW (326°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 503 km ENE (59°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 510 km ENE (76°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 518 km WNW (292°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 560 km SSE (166°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 590 km NE (55°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 650 km ESE (118°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 674 km ENE (77°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 690 km NE (40°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 696 km NNE (17°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 716 km SE (127°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 761 km SE (143°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 10 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 984 km E (91°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 350 km N (3°) | 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, 20,202 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.877° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,049 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 50.6° 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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