The local space context of Xinyang 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 | 32.123° N, 114.066° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,416,800 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 303 km NNW (342°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 457 km SE (139°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 501 km NW (319°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 506 km ESE (104°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 567 km NE (35°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 613 km NNW (348°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 709 km S (172°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 729 km ENE (63°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 742 km ESE (123°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 745 km E (97°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 745 km NE (52°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 770 km ESE (107°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 781 km SE (135°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 835 km NE (50°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 887 km ENE (66°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 2 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 572 km NNE (17°) | 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, 20,230 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.123° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,021 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 52.6° 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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