The local space context of Xuchang 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 | 34.032° N, 113.863° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,265,536 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 106 km NW (316°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 351 km WNW (298°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 402 km NNW (344°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 427 km NE (54°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 608 km ESE (123°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 642 km SSE (150°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 653 km ENE (67°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 678 km E (80°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 732 km ENE (63°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 749 km NNE (29°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 803 km NE (50°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 817 km ESE (112°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 844 km E (80°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 873 km ESE (120°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 890 km SE (134°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 6 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 384 km NNE (30°) | 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, 20,202 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 34.032° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,049 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 50.4° 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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