The local space context of Huainan 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 | 32.626° N, 116.997° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 3,033,528 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 281 km SE (131°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 407 km N (9°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 407 km S (178°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 432 km WNW (303°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 463 km NE (56°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 489 km ESE (110°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 507 km NE (39°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 543 km ESE (123°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 581 km SE (145°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 602 km NE (38°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 614 km ENE (63°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 673 km NW (325°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 674 km SSE (157°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 681 km WNW (299°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 742 km NNE (27°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 10 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 877 km E (83°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 997 km ENE (76°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 497 km N (350°) | 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, 20,214 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.626° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,037 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 52.0° 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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