The local space context of Luohe 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 | 33.574° N, 114.033° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,294,974 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 155 km NW (325°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 390 km NW (304°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 448 km NE (48°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 455 km NNW (344°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 568 km ESE (119°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 590 km SSE (149°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 660 km ENE (63°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 674 km ENE (75°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 743 km ENE (59°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 785 km ESE (109°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 786 km NNE (26°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 825 km NE (46°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 834 km ESE (117°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 839 km ENE (77°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 844 km SE (132°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 422 km NNE (24°) | 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, 20,203 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.574° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,048 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 51.0° 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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