The local space context of Wuhu 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 | 31.353° N, 118.430° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,598,165 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 88 km ESE (121°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 293 km SSW (206°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 325 km E (96°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 355 km ESE (117°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 389 km SSE (150°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 471 km NNE (32°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 497 km SSE (166°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 547 km N (353°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 564 km NNE (20°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 588 km NE (45°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 625 km NW (308°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 657 km NNE (22°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 702 km SSW (209°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Barge launch site, Jungmun, Jeju I. | 777 km ENE (73°) | 33.200° N, 126.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 826 km NNE (15°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 9 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 774 km ENE (72°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 916 km ENE (66°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 668 km NNW (341°) | 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, 20,246 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.353° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,005 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 53.5° 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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