The local space context of Ürümqi 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 | 43.801° N, 87.600° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 4,054,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Korla Missile Test Center, Launch site near Urumqi, China | 272 km SSW (202°) | 41.537° N, 86.353° E | gcat-sites |
| Lop Nor Airbase, Xinjiang | 364 km SSE (157°) | 40.773° N, 89.282° E | gcat-sites |
| Hami missile base, Xinjiang | 430 km ESE (111°) | 42.328° N, 92.492° E | gcat-sites |
| Yumen Missile Base, China | 849 km ESE (117°) | 40.000° N, 96.500° E | gcat-sites |
| 412 Brigade Missile Base, Da Qaidam, Qinghai province | 928 km SE (133°) | 37.852° N, 95.355° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lop Nur | 256 km SSE (166°) | 41.570° N, 88.350° E | nuclear-tests |
| Semipalatinsk Test Site | 984 km NW (318°) | 50.070° N, 78.430° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHINA test 2448891 | 236 km SSE (164°) | 41.763° N, 88.387° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2447434 | 239 km SSE (162°) | 41.750° N, 88.474° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2450294 | 243 km SSE (165°) | 41.690° N, 88.350° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2443069 | 245 km SSE (168°) | 41.640° N, 88.210° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2445248 | 248 km SSE (166°) | 41.632° N, 88.301° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2449266 | 254 km SSE (159°) | 41.667° N, 88.695° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2449633 | 256 km SSE (158°) | 41.662° N, 88.753° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2448038 | 256 km SSE (158°) | 41.654° N, 88.736° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2450243 | 257 km SSE (158°) | 41.650° N, 88.760° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2445977 | 260 km SSE (158°) | 41.633° N, 88.781° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2448764 | 264 km SSE (158°) | 41.604° N, 88.813° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2449853 | 264 km SSE (157°) | 41.603° N, 88.820° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2448120 | 265 km SSE (158°) | 41.586° N, 88.799° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2445614 | 266 km SSE (159°) | 41.566° N, 88.766° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2446952 | 267 km SSE (156°) | 41.600° N, 88.900° E | nuclear-tests |
| … and 287 more within 1000 km | |||
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, 16,270 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 43.801° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 6,981 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 39.5° 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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