The local space context of Xiaogan 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 | 30.927° N, 113.922° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 908,266 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 377 km SE (124°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 428 km N (349°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 505 km E (88°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 580 km S (169°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 600 km NNW (328°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 687 km NNE (30°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 691 km ESE (113°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 704 km SE (127°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 741 km N (351°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 753 km E (87°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 756 km E (97°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 809 km NE (55°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 844 km NE (45°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 936 km NE (44°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 960 km ENE (59°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 704 km NNE (15°) | 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, 20,256 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.927° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,995 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 54.0° 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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