The local space context of Changzhi 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 | 36.184° N, 113.105° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,214,940 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 153 km NNW (343°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 164 km S (182°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 252 km WSW (253°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 414 km E (88°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 598 km NE (45°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 671 km E (89°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Bayan Hot test range | 721 km WNW (296°) | 38.758° N, 105.608° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 727 km E (82°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 735 km ENE (67°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 745 km E (99°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Jilantai Missile Test Ground, Nei Monggol province | 775 km NW (304°) | 39.850° N, 105.580° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 812 km SE (134°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 837 km NE (51°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 856 km ENE (64°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 886 km SSE (154°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 4 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 274 km ENE (69°) | 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, 20,039 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 36.184° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,212 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 48.0° 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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