The local space context of Rizhao 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 | 35.414° N, 119.529° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 661,943 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 122 km NE (51°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 161 km ESE (110°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 187 km WNW (300°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 215 km NE (44°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 319 km E (97°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 364 km NNE (19°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 479 km NNE (27°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 497 km S (183°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 510 km NNW (346°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 533 km SSE (156°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Jangyon (Changyon), S Hwanghae prov. | 587 km NE (56°) | 38.250° N, 125.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Kwail? Launch site in S Hwanghae Province | 592 km NE (54°) | 38.426° N, 125.019° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 595 km W (264°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 598 km N (10°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Anhueng, Taean missile site, Ch'ungch'ong Namdo, Korea | 602 km ENE (77°) | 36.410° N, 126.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 45 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 674 km ESE (109°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 738 km E (96°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 364 km WNW (300°) | 37.017° N, 115.995° E | nuclear-tests |
| Nagasaki (Fat Man) | 995 km ESE (104°) | 32.773° N, 129.863° 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, 20,053 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.414° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,198 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 48.9° 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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