The local space context of Wuchang 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 | 30.543° N, 114.301° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,102,188 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 324 km ESE (122°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 472 km E (83°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 478 km NNW (346°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 532 km S (172°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 641 km ESE (111°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 649 km SE (126°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 655 km NNW (328°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 708 km NNE (26°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 716 km E (94°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 720 km E (84°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 789 km N (349°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 806 km NE (51°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 850 km NE (42°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 944 km NE (41°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 952 km ENE (56°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 737 km NNE (12°) | 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, 20,262 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.543° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,989 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 54.4° 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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