The local space context of Dezhou 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 | 37.447° N, 116.367° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 679,535 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 180 km SE (138°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 307 km NNE (29°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 332 km W (272°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 404 km ESE (110°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 414 km ENE (72°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 426 km SW (225°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 434 km E (98°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 517 km ESE (122°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 526 km NE (45°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 534 km ENE (66°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 573 km WSW (249°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Jinzhou missile base, Liaoning province | 586 km NE (43°) | 41.190° N, 121.170° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 654 km ESE (113°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Sohae Launch Site, Tongch'ang-dong, Pyongang-bukdo (N Pyongan Prov), N Korea | 765 km ENE (69°) | 39.660° N, 124.706° E | gcat-sites |
| Kwail? Launch site in S Hwanghae Province | 766 km E (79°) | 38.426° N, 125.019° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 36 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 58 km SW (215°) | 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, 20,017 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 37.447° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,234 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 46.6° 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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