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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   25082.53930258  .00000271  00000-0  39313-3 0  9996
2 00016  34.2599 168.3463 2021716  17.4723 348.6234 10.49558215641567
Epoch (UTC): 23 March 2025 12:56:35
Eccentricity: 0.2021716
inclination: 34.2599°
perigee height: 652 km
apogee height: 4215 km
right ascension of ascending node: 168.3463°
argument of perigee: 17.4723°
revolutions per day: 10.49558215
mean anomaly at epoch: 348.6234°
orbit number at epoch: 64156

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

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