The local space context of Zhu Cheng City 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 | 35.995° N, 119.403° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,000,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 106 km E (83°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 154 km W (280°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 184 km ENE (60°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 203 km SE (126°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 308 km NNE (25°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 344 km ESE (108°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 429 km NNE (32°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 444 km NNW (345°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 537 km NNE (13°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 561 km S (182°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Jangyon (Changyon), S Hwanghae prov. | 564 km ENE (62°) | 38.250° N, 125.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Kwail? Launch site in S Hwanghae Province | 566 km ENE (60°) | 38.426° N, 125.019° E | gcat-sites |
| Scud launch site near Eunyul, N Hwanghae Prov. | 583 km ENE (60°) | 38.519° N, 125.183° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 593 km WSW (258°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 597 km SSE (157°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 44 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 708 km ESE (114°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 759 km E (101°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 325 km WNW (291°) | 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, 20,041 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 35.995° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,210 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 48.2° 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
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