The local space context of Chizhou 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 | 30.661° N, 117.478° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 615,274 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 169 km ENE (79°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 191 km S (190°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 386 km SE (132°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 416 km E (101°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 416 km E (83°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 457 km SSE (153°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 585 km NE (35°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 592 km SSW (205°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 612 km NW (319°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 620 km N (2°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 670 km NNE (25°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 706 km NE (45°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 764 km NNE (26°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 845 km NW (311°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 883 km NNW (331°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 3 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 885 km ENE (69°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 720 km N (349°) | 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, 20,260 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.661° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,991 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 54.3° 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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