The local space context of Dongying 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 | 37.463° N, 118.492° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 998,968 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 153 km SSW (207°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 240 km SE (128°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 241 km ENE (61°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 251 km ESE (106°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 268 km N (353°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 367 km ENE (57°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 374 km SE (139°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 411 km NNE (28°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Jinzhou missile base, Liaoning province | 474 km NNE (28°) | 41.190° N, 121.170° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 488 km ESE (123°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 520 km W (272°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 577 km WSW (240°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Kwail? Launch site in S Hwanghae Province | 582 km ENE (77°) | 38.426° N, 125.019° E | gcat-sites |
| Jangyon (Changyon), S Hwanghae prov. | 587 km E (79°) | 38.250° N, 125.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Sohae Launch Site, Tongch'ang-dong, Pyongang-bukdo (N Pyongan Prov), N Korea | 593 km ENE (64°) | 39.660° N, 124.706° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 43 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 856 km ESE (121°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 881 km ESE (110°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 226 km WSW (258°) | 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 37.463° 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
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