The local space context of Harbin 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 | 45.750° N, 126.650° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 10,009,854 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbin missile test site, Heilongjiang, Manchuria, China | 2 km E (90°) | 45.750° N, 126.680° E | gcat-sites |
| Jingyu missile base 28, Jingyu, Jilin province | 384 km S (177°) | 42.298° N, 126.877° E | gcat-sites |
| 406 Brigade Missile Base, Tonghua, Jilin Province | 457 km S (187°) | 41.669° N, 125.955° E | gcat-sites |
| Novosysoyevka missile base | 554 km ESE (105°) | 44.240° N, 133.360° E | gcat-sites |
| Mupyong-ni, Chagang province | 572 km S (182°) | 40.611° N, 126.426° E | gcat-sites |
| Iskander mobile launch site, Everyskaya avtonomnaya oblast | 584 km NE (53°) | 48.750° N, 133.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Tonghae SLG, Musudan-ri, Hwadae-gun, Hamgyong Pukdo, Choson | 597 km SSE (155°) | 40.850° N, 129.667° E | gcat-sites |
| Taegwan Kun missile launch site | 627 km S (191°) | 40.200° N, 125.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Shinpo Shipyard, S Hamgyong Prov (Hamgyong-namdo), North Korea | 649 km SSE (169°) | 40.019° N, 128.158° E | gcat-sites |
| Hamhung, S Hamyong Prov, North Korea | 654 km S (174°) | 39.900° N, 127.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Uiju launch location, N Pyongan province, N Korea | 658 km SSW (196°) | 40.026° N, 124.578° E | gcat-sites |
| Hamju, S Hamyong Prov, North Korea | 660 km S (174°) | 39.847° N, 127.437° E | gcat-sites |
| Musudan launch site, Banghyon Airport, Kusong City, N Pyongan Prov. | 661 km S (191°) | 39.900° N, 125.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Ryonpo, Hamju County | 667 km S (173°) | 39.790° N, 127.533° E | gcat-sites |
| Svobodniy, Amurskaya Oblast', Rossiya | 669 km N (8°) | 51.700° N, 128.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 36 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punggye-ri | 534 km SSE (158°) | 41.280° N, 129.080° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPRK 2017 | 532 km SSE (158°) | 41.300° N, 129.080° E | nukes |
| DPRK 2006 | 534 km SSE (158°) | 41.280° N, 129.090° E | nukes |
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, 16,113 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 45.750° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 7,138 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° | no — its track stops at 41.5° |
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 37.3° 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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