The local space context of Fuzhou 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 | 27.960° N, 116.333° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,089,888 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 136 km NE (34°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 274 km SSW (209°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 339 km ESE (108°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 401 km E (84°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 434 km NE (39°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 566 km ENE (67°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 631 km NE (56°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 728 km SE (144°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Jiu Peng air base 7, Pingtung, Formosa | 796 km SE (144°) | 22.130° N, 120.920° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 812 km NNW (338°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Yangjiang launch area | 862 km SSW (211°) | 21.280° N, 112.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 898 km NNE (30°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 929 km N (8°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 990 km NNE (23°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° 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, 20,410 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 27.960° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,841 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 57.4° 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.
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