The local space context of Pingdingshan 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 | 33.731° N, 113.316° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 979,130 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 111 km NNW (347°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 326 km NW (307°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 424 km N (351°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 488 km NE (54°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 635 km ESE (118°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 641 km SE (145°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 713 km ENE (66°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 735 km ENE (78°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 793 km ENE (62°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 803 km NNE (31°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 853 km ESE (108°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 863 km NE (50°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Bayan Hot test range | 888 km NW (311°) | 38.758° N, 105.608° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 897 km S (169°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 900 km ENE (78°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 439 km NNE (33°) | 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, 20,202 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.731° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,049 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 50.8° 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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