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 | 26.061° N, 119.306° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 4,094,491 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuan? missile base | 108 km NNE (16°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 271 km NNE (23°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 389 km NNW (327°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 403 km SSE (162°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 432 km W (267°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jiu Peng air base 7, Pingtung, Formosa | 467 km SSE (159°) | 22.130° N, 120.920° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 486 km NNE (29°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 544 km N (359°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 604 km NNE (23°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Yangjiang launch area | 914 km SW (236°) | 21.280° N, 112.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 999 km N (10°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° 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, 20,525 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 26.061° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,726 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 59.5° 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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