The local space context of Suqian 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 | 33.949° N, 118.296° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,437,685 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 260 km NNW (348°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 286 km ENE (67°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 317 km NE (40°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 345 km SSE (165°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 412 km NE (39°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 447 km ENE (74°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 464 km SE (134°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 489 km WNW (281°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 556 km SE (144°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 557 km NNE (24°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 565 km SSW (192°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 648 km NW (309°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 657 km N (358°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 659 km SSE (162°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 676 km NNE (29°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 32 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 752 km E (94°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 851 km E (84°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 400 km NNW (329°) | 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 33.949° 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 50.5° 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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