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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    16U 58002A   24278.17399739  .00000830  00000-0  11535-2 0  9991
2    16  34.2653 301.0196 2024591  18.0328 348.2609 10.49436551623659
Epoch (UTC): 04 October 2024 04:10:33
Eccentricity: 0.2024591
inclination: 34.2653°
perigee height: 650 km
apogee height: 4218 km
right ascension of ascending node: 301.0196°
argument of perigee: 18.0328°
revolutions per day: 10.49436551
mean anomaly at epoch: 348.2609°
orbit number at epoch: 62365

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

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