The local space context of Jiaozuo 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 | 35.239° N, 113.239° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 865,413 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 61 km SSW (196°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 255 km W (277°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 258 km NNW (347°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 419 km ENE (73°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 668 km NE (38°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 670 km E (80°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 724 km E (91°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 733 km SE (129°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 736 km ENE (74°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 772 km ENE (60°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Bayan Hot test range | 782 km WNW (302°) | 38.758° N, 105.608° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 787 km SSE (151°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Jilantai Missile Test Ground, Nei Monggol province | 847 km NW (309°) | 39.850° N, 105.580° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 888 km E (89°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 897 km ENE (58°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 4 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 317 km NE (51°) | 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, 20,060 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.239° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,191 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 49.1° 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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