The local space context of Jinzhong 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 | 37.684° N, 112.755° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,226,617 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 25 km SSW (214°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 321 km SW (221°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 332 km S (175°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 469 km ESE (109°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 522 km ENE (61°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Bayan Hot test range | 635 km WNW (283°) | 38.758° N, 105.608° E | gcat-sites |
| Jilantai Missile Test Ground, Nei Monggol province | 667 km WNW (293°) | 39.850° N, 105.580° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 717 km ESE (102°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 718 km E (80°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 754 km E (95°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 770 km ENE (62°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 817 km ESE (110°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Jinzhou missile base, Liaoning province | 821 km ENE (59°) | 41.190° N, 121.170° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 827 km ENE (75°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Sainshand meteorological rocket station | 830 km NNW (346°) | 44.890° N, 110.140° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 3 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 296 km ESE (104°) | 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, 20,014 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 37.684° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,237 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 46.3° 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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