The local space context of Zhumadian 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 | 32.984° N, 114.026° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 721,670 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 212 km NNW (335°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 430 km NW (311°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 495 km NE (42°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 519 km NNW (346°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Leping missile base, Jianxi, China | 535 km SE (146°) | 28.970° N, 117.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Shijiedu sounding rocket site, Anhui Province | 540 km ESE (113°) | 30.950° N, 119.220° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 693 km ENE (58°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 694 km ENE (70°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Laogang sounding rocket site, Shanghai Shi, Zhongguo | 766 km ESE (104°) | 31.020° N, 121.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 780 km NE (55°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenzhou missile base, Zhejiang | 802 km SE (129°) | 28.300° N, 120.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 804 km S (173°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Ninbgo missile base, Zhejiang province | 807 km ESE (113°) | 29.880° N, 121.717° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 846 km NNE (24°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Fuan? missile base | 855 km SE (140°) | 27.000° N, 119.600° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 3 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 483 km NNE (21°) | 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, 20,211 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 32.984° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,040 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 51.6° 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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