The local space context of Kaifeng 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 | 34.799° N, 114.307° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,451,741 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 115 km W (265°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 337 km NNW (333°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 347 km ENE (62°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 359 km WNW (283°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 586 km ENE (74°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 627 km SE (132°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 628 km E (87°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 654 km NNE (30°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 660 km ENE (68°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 700 km SSE (157°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 718 km NE (53°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 793 km E (86°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 817 km ESE (119°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 845 km NE (52°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 869 km NE (39°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 290 km NNE (31°) | 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, 20,184 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 34.799° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,067 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 49.6° 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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