The local space context of Yishui 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 | 35.785° N, 118.628° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,007,100 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 96 km WNW (302°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 179 km ENE (78°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 252 km ESE (112°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 257 km ENE (63°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 363 km NNE (33°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 406 km E (101°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 455 km N (354°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 488 km NE (37°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 520 km WSW (258°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 540 km S (174°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 571 km WNW (291°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 578 km NNE (18°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 607 km SSE (150°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Jangyon (Changyon), S Hwanghae prov. | 636 km ENE (63°) | 38.250° N, 125.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Kwail? Launch site in S Hwanghae Province | 638 km ENE (61°) | 38.426° N, 125.019° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 44 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 764 km ESE (110°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 824 km E (98°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 273 km WNW (301°) | 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, 20,044 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.785° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,207 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 48.5° 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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