The local space context of Xuzhou 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 | 34.204° N, 117.284° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,253,991 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 229 km N (10°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 366 km ENE (77°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 367 km NE (54°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 392 km W (279°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 405 km SSE (153°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 457 km NE (50°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 531 km E (79°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 553 km SE (129°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 559 km NW (312°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 577 km NNE (33°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 582 km S (182°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 633 km N (6°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 637 km SE (138°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 640 km WNW (285°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 702 km NE (36°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 30 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 847 km E (95°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 941 km E (86°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 334 km NNW (340°) | 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, 20,200 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 34.204° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,051 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 50.2° 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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