The local space context of Wuhan 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 | 30.583° N, 114.267° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 13,739,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 329 km ESE (122°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 473 km NNW (346°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 475 km E (84°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 537 km S (172°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 646 km ESE (112°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 650 km NNW (328°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 655 km SE (126°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 705 km NNE (26°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 720 km E (94°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 723 km E (84°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 784 km N (349°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 806 km NE (52°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 848 km NE (42°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 942 km NE (41°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 952 km ENE (57°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 733 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, 20,261 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.583° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,990 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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