The local space context of Chuzhou 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 | 32.322° N, 118.298° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 782,671 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 176 km SSE (150°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 363 km ESE (113°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 389 km SSW (197°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 392 km NE (42°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 424 km SE (129°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 438 km N (353°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 470 km NNE (26°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 491 km SSE (155°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 527 km NE (54°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 554 km WNW (300°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 564 km NNE (27°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 605 km SSE (168°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 726 km NNE (18°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 764 km E (80°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 775 km NW (320°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 16 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 761 km E (80°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 889 km ENE (72°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 563 km NNW (339°) | 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, 20,220 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.322° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,031 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 52.4° 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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