The local space context of Luoyang 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 | 34.673° N, 112.437° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,390,581 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 56 km E (86°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 202 km WNW (297°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 315 km N (3°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 509 km ENE (69°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 755 km ENE (75°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 757 km ESE (121°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Bayan Hot test range | 759 km NW (309°) | 38.758° N, 105.608° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 763 km NE (39°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 773 km SE (144°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 800 km E (86°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 825 km ENE (71°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Jilantai Missile Test Ground, Nei Monggol province | 836 km NW (316°) | 39.850° N, 105.580° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 867 km ENE (58°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 964 km E (85°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 966 km ESE (112°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 2 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 413 km NE (50°) | 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, 20,185 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 34.673° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,066 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 49.7° 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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