The local space context of Hebi 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 | 35.732° N, 114.286° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 634,721 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 160 km SW (225°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 248 km NW (323°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 314 km ENE (79°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 348 km W (266°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 567 km NE (35°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 568 km E (84°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 631 km ENE (77°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 633 km E (96°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 662 km ENE (60°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 702 km SE (138°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 788 km ENE (58°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 793 km NE (44°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 794 km E (93°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 798 km SSE (160°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Bayan Hot test range | 838 km WNW (296°) | 38.758° N, 105.608° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 6 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 209 km NE (46°) | 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, 20,048 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.732° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,203 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 48.5° 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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