The local space context of Siping 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 | 43.161° N, 124.378° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 627,957 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 406 Brigade Missile Base, Tonghua, Jilin Province | 210 km SE (142°) | 41.669° N, 125.955° E | gcat-sites |
| Jingyu missile base 28, Jingyu, Jilin province | 226 km ESE (114°) | 42.298° N, 126.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Mupyong-ni, Chagang province | 330 km SSE (148°) | 40.611° N, 126.426° E | gcat-sites |
| Taegwan Kun missile launch site | 338 km SSE (167°) | 40.200° N, 125.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Harbin missile test site, Heilongjiang, Manchuria, China | 341 km NNE (32°) | 45.750° N, 126.680° E | gcat-sites |
| Jinzhou missile base, Liaoning province | 343 km SW (231°) | 41.190° N, 121.170° E | gcat-sites |
| Uiju launch location, N Pyongan province, N Korea | 349 km S (177°) | 40.026° N, 124.578° E | gcat-sites |
| Dongrim (Tongrim), N Pyongan Prov. | 364 km S (176°) | 39.900° N, 124.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Musudan launch site, Banghyon Airport, Kusong City, N Pyongan Prov. | 369 km S (169°) | 39.900° N, 125.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Sonchon, N Pyongan Prov. | 376 km S (173°) | 39.800° N, 124.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Sohae Launch Site, Tongch'ang-dong, Pyongang-bukdo (N Pyongan Prov), N Korea | 390 km S (176°) | 39.660° N, 124.706° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 403 km SW (228°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Kaechon, Pyongan Namdo | 405 km SSE (161°) | 39.700° N, 125.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Sukchon County launch site, South Pyongan Prov. (Pyong'annam-do), CMIK | 431 km SSE (166°) | 39.400° N, 125.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Hamhung, S Hamyong Prov, North Korea | 446 km SE (143°) | 39.900° N, 127.500° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 40 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Punggye-ri | 440 km ESE (117°) | 41.280° N, 129.080° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPRK 2017 | 439 km ESE (117°) | 41.300° N, 129.080° E | nukes |
| DPRK 2006 | 441 km ESE (117°) | 41.280° N, 129.090° E | nukes |
| MUSCOVY | 987 km SW (229°) | 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, 16,272 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 43.161° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 6,979 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 40.2° 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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