The local space context of Linyi 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 | 35.063° N, 118.343° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,743,843 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 142 km NNW (337°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 233 km ENE (60°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 260 km E (93°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 322 km NE (52°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 424 km E (90°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 445 km NNE (30°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 465 km S (170°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 484 km W (267°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 533 km N (358°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 554 km SE (143°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 568 km NE (34°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 582 km WNW (299°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 657 km SSE (150°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 663 km NNE (18°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 687 km S (190°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 43 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 766 km ESE (103°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 842 km E (92°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 303 km NW (317°) | 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, 20,062 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.063° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,189 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 49.3° 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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