The local space context of Xinxiang 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 | 35.190° N, 113.802° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,047,088 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 87 km SW (232°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 278 km NNW (338°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 306 km W (277°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 372 km ENE (71°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 621 km ENE (79°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 642 km NE (35°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 673 km E (91°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 689 km ENE (73°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 691 km SE (132°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 731 km ENE (58°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 759 km SSE (155°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Bayan Hot test range | 828 km WNW (301°) | 38.758° N, 105.608° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 837 km E (89°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 857 km NE (56°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 867 km NE (43°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 5 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 283 km NE (43°) | 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, 20,060 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.190° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,191 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 49.1° 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
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