The local space context of Huaibei 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 | 33.974° N, 116.792° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,113,321 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 265 km NNE (18°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 353 km WNW (284°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 406 km SE (145°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 416 km ENE (74°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 418 km NE (54°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 508 km NE (51°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 545 km NW (317°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 557 km S (177°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 575 km ESE (123°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 580 km ENE (77°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 603 km WNW (288°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 624 km NE (35°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 650 km SE (133°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 664 km N (10°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 718 km SSE (150°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 25 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 891 km E (93°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 989 km E (84°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 346 km NNW (348°) | 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, 20,202 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.974° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,049 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 50.5° 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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