The local space context of Dazhou 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 | 31.211° N, 107.463° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,589,435 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 549 km NNE (30°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China | 619 km WSW (239°) | 28.247° N, 102.029° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 650 km NE (52°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 843 km NNE (33°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Bayan Hot test range | 856 km N (349°) | 38.758° N, 105.608° E | gcat-sites |
| 808/402 Brigade Missile Base, Chuxiong, Yunnan province | 897 km SW (222°) | 25.062° N, 101.532° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 950 km SE (127°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 802 Brigade missile base, Jianshui (Ching-yu), Yunnan province | 960 km SSW (210°) | 23.620° N, 102.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 962 km ESE (103°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Jilantai Missile Test Ground, Nei Monggol province | 976 km N (350°) | 39.850° N, 105.580° E | gcat-sites |
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, 20,250 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.211° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,001 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 53.6° 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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