The local space context of Quzhou 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 | 28.959° N, 118.869° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 902,767 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 166 km ESE (116°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 170 km W (271°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 224 km N (9°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 229 km SSE (162°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 294 km ENE (69°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 365 km NE (50°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 519 km SW (228°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 696 km NNE (18°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Chio He air base, Pingtung, Formosa (Taiwan) [== JP?] | 726 km SSE (167°) | 22.600° N, 120.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 776 km NNE (29°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jiu Peng air base 7, Pingtung, Formosa | 787 km SSE (164°) | 22.130° N, 120.920° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 810 km N (11°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 816 km N (353°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 843 km NW (321°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 858 km NE (55°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 1 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 856 km NE (55°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 935 km NNW (344°) | 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, 20,311 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 28.959° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,940 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 56.2° 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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