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Vanguard 1 Rocket - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 00016U 58002A   25345.68850066  .00000023  00000-0  59027-4 0  9992
2 00016  34.2588 127.2445 2022682  48.7884 327.0289 10.49576844669218
Epoch (UTC): 11 December 2025 16:31:26
Eccentricity: 0.2022682
inclination: 34.2588°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4216 km
right ascension of ascending node: 127.2445°
argument of perigee: 48.7884°
revolutions per day: 10.49576844
mean anomaly at epoch: 327.0289°
orbit number at epoch: 66921

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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