The local space context of Mudanjiang 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 | 44.548° N, 129.626° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 665,915 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbin missile test site, Heilongjiang, Manchuria, China | 267 km WNW (301°) | 45.750° N, 126.680° E | gcat-sites |
| Novosysoyevka missile base | 299 km E (95°) | 44.240° N, 133.360° E | gcat-sites |
| Jingyu missile base 28, Jingyu, Jilin province | 334 km SW (223°) | 42.298° N, 126.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Tonghae SLG, Musudan-ri, Hwadae-gun, Hamgyong Pukdo, Choson | 411 km S (180°) | 40.850° N, 129.667° E | gcat-sites |
| 406 Brigade Missile Base, Tonghua, Jilin Province | 437 km SW (224°) | 41.669° N, 125.955° E | gcat-sites |
| Mupyong-ni, Chagang province | 510 km SSW (212°) | 40.611° N, 126.426° E | gcat-sites |
| Shinpo Shipyard, S Hamgyong Prov (Hamgyong-namdo), North Korea | 518 km SSW (194°) | 40.019° N, 128.158° E | gcat-sites |
| Iskander mobile launch site, Everyskaya avtonomnaya oblast | 533 km NNE (28°) | 48.750° N, 133.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Hamhung, S Hamyong Prov, North Korea | 546 km SSW (199°) | 39.900° N, 127.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Hamju, S Hamyong Prov, North Korea | 553 km SSW (200°) | 39.847° N, 127.437° E | gcat-sites |
| Ryonpo, Hamju County | 556 km SSW (199°) | 39.790° N, 127.533° E | gcat-sites |
| Sondok, S Hamyong Prov | 563 km SSW (199°) | 39.744° N, 127.473° E | gcat-sites |
| Yonghung, S Hamyong Prov, North Korea | 591 km SSW (200°) | 39.540° N, 127.240° E | gcat-sites |
| Taegwan Kun missile launch site | 600 km SW (218°) | 40.200° N, 125.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Kaechon, Pyongan Namdo | 620 km SSW (211°) | 39.700° N, 125.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 36 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punggye-ri | 366 km S (187°) | 41.280° N, 129.080° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPRK 2017 | 364 km S (187°) | 41.300° N, 129.080° E | nukes |
| DPRK 2006 | 366 km S (187°) | 41.280° N, 129.090° E | nukes |
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, 16,267 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 44.548° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 6,984 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° | no — its track stops at 41.5° |
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 38.7° 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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