The local space context of Zunyi 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 | 27.687° N, 106.907° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,037,775 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China | 483 km W (279°) | 28.247° N, 102.029° E | gcat-sites |
| 808/402 Brigade Missile Base, Chuxiong, Yunnan province | 610 km WSW (243°) | 25.062° N, 101.532° E | gcat-sites |
| 802 Brigade missile base, Jianshui (Ching-yu), Yunnan province | 610 km SW (223°) | 23.620° N, 102.820° E | gcat-sites |
| Ganzhou missile base, Brigade 616 | 830 km ESE (103°) | 25.800° N, 115.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Yangjiang launch area | 879 km SE (143°) | 21.280° N, 112.000° E | gcat-sites |
| 806th Brigade missile base, Huanglong, Shaanxi province | 928 km NNE (20°) | 35.474° N, 110.447° E | gcat-sites |
| Haikou Space Center, Hainan | 935 km SSE (166°) | 19.529° N, 109.119° E | gcat-sites |
| NE Hainan missile launch point | 961 km SSE (154°) | 19.876° N, 110.961° E | gcat-sites |
| Space Pioneer Gongyi Static Test Site | 975 km NE (35°) | 34.709° N, 113.051° E | gcat-sites |
| Wenchang Space Center, Hainan | 987 km SSE (155°) | 19.614° N, 110.951° E | gcat-sites |
| Hainan Shangye Hangtian Fashe Chang (Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site) | 988 km SSE (155°) | 19.597° N, 110.931° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long March 5 | Chang'e 7 | 987 km SSE (155°) | 19.614° N, 110.951° E | launchlibrary |
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, 20,422 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 27.687° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,829 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 57.7° 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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