The local space context of Zibo 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 | 36.791° N, 118.063° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 4,704,138 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 822 Brigade missile base, Laiwu, Shangdong province | 69 km SSW (207°) | 36.235° N, 117.716° E | gcat-sites |
| Jianggezhuang Submarine Base | 238 km ESE (108°) | 36.104° N, 120.579° E | gcat-sites |
| Haiyang test site, Shandong | 279 km E (89°) | 36.800° N, 121.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Bohai launch area (Some Yellow Sea launches may also be here) | 314 km NE (52°) | 38.500° N, 120.900° E | gcat-sites |
| 51St Base, Fengrun, Tangshan, Hebei province | 341 km N (0°) | 39.856° N, 118.093° E | gcat-sites |
| Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone | 352 km SE (126°) | 34.900° N, 121.190° E | gcat-sites |
| 410 Brigate Missile Base, Dengshahe, Liaoning province | 442 km NE (51°) | 39.229° N, 122.054° E | gcat-sites |
| Yellow Sea launch area | 487 km ESE (113°) | 35.000° N, 123.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin | 491 km W (281°) | 37.500° N, 112.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Huludao Shipyard test site | 495 km NNE (28°) | 40.700° N, 120.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 508 km WSW (244°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Jinzhou missile base, Liaoning province | 558 km NNE (28°) | 41.190° N, 121.170° E | gcat-sites |
| Kwail? Launch site in S Hwanghae Province | 639 km ENE (71°) | 38.426° N, 125.019° E | gcat-sites |
| Jangyon (Changyon), S Hwanghae prov. | 641 km ENE (73°) | 38.250° N, 125.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Scud launch site near Eunyul, N Hwanghae Prov. | 655 km ENE (71°) | 38.519° N, 125.183° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 44 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mir | Demo Flight | 854 km ESE (115°) | 33.217° N, 126.367° E | launchlibrary |
| Nuri | NeonSat-2 to 6 | 895 km ESE (104°) | 34.432° N, 127.535° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSCOVY | 186 km W (278°) | 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, 20,034 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 36.791° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,217 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 47.3° 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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