The local space context of Mingguang 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 | 32.780° N, 117.964° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 645,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 236 km SSE (149°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 380 km NE (51°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 385 km N (357°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 413 km ESE (117°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 431 km S (191°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 441 km NNE (32°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 481 km SE (131°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 502 km WNW (297°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 526 km ENE (61°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 536 km NNE (33°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 550 km SSE (154°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 662 km SSE (166°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 689 km NNE (22°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 716 km NW (319°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 754 km WNW (295°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 22 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 785 km E (84°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 905 km ENE (76°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 504 km NNW (340°) | 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, 20,214 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.780° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,037 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 51.9° 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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