The local space context of Suzhou 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 | 33.636° N, 116.979° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,647,642 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 297 km NNE (13°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 365 km SE (144°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 380 km WNW (289°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 412 km ENE (69°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 428 km NE (49°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 519 km S (178°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 520 km NE (46°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 540 km ESE (121°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 573 km ENE (73°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 584 km NW (319°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 612 km SE (132°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 632 km WNW (291°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 645 km NNE (32°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 677 km SSE (150°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 699 km N (8°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 22 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 872 km E (90°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 976 km E (82°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 386 km NNW (347°) | 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, 20,203 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.636° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,048 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 50.9° 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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