The local space context of Fuyang 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 | 32.900° N, 115.817° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,768,947 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 325 km NW (309°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 387 km ESE (123°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 410 km NNE (25°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 454 km SSE (164°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 543 km ENE (64°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 563 km NE (49°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 571 km WNW (302°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 589 km NNW (331°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 604 km ESE (109°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 653 km ESE (119°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 655 km NE (47°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 674 km SE (138°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 702 km ENE (69°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 750 km SSE (150°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 773 km NE (35°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 983 km E (85°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 458 km N (2°) | 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, 20,211 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.900° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,040 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 51.7° 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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