The local space context of Shijiazhuang 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 | 38.041° N, 114.479° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 5,758,403 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 176 km WSW (251°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 350 km SE (124°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 372 km NE (56°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 392 km SSW (199°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 459 km SW (233°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 563 km E (83°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 582 km ESE (110°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 609 km E (101°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 618 km ENE (59°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 671 km ENE (76°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Jinzhou missile base, Liaoning province | 671 km ENE (56°) | 41.190° N, 121.170° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 694 km ESE (118°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Bayan Hot test range | 777 km W (279°) | 38.758° N, 105.608° E | gcat-sites |
| Jilantai Missile Test Ground, Nei Monggol province | 795 km WNW (287°) | 39.850° N, 105.580° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 833 km ESE (111°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 18 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 176 km SE (130°) | 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, 20,006 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 38.041° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,245 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 45.9° 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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