The local space context of Lüliang 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 | 37.519° N, 111.144° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 3,346,500 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 128 km E (91°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 236 km SSW (196°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 356 km SSE (151°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Bayan Hot test range | 503 km WNW (288°) | 38.758° N, 105.608° E | gcat-sites |
| Jilantai Missile Test Ground, Nei Monggol province | 548 km WNW (300°) | 39.850° N, 105.580° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 602 km ESE (102°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 656 km ENE (65°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Sainshand meteorological rocket station | 824 km N (354°) | 44.890° N, 110.140° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 854 km E (98°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Alashan Youqi airport | 857 km WNW (286°) | 39.226° N, 101.548° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 861 km E (80°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 894 km E (92°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 904 km ENE (64°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 947 km ESE (105°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Jinzhou missile base, Liaoning province | 953 km ENE (62°) | 41.190° N, 121.170° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 1 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 433 km E (96°) | 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, 20,017 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 37.519° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,234 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 46.5° 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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