The local space context of Huzhou 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 | 30.870° N, 120.093° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,015,937 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 84 km W (276°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 166 km E (84°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 191 km SE (125°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 287 km S (174°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 356 km SW (234°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 433 km S (186°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 460 km NNE (13°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 533 km NNE (30°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 584 km N (4°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 636 km NNW (340°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 648 km ENE (65°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 667 km N (9°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 752 km SW (223°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 784 km NW (305°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Naro Space Center (Naro Uju Senteo),Oenaro I,GoHeung, Jeollanam-do,Korea | 801 km ENE (58°) | 34.432° N, 127.536° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 9 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 646 km ENE (65°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 801 km ENE (58°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 781 km NNW (332°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 947 km ENE (75°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° 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, 20,256 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.870° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,995 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 54.0° 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
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