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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   23333.48014262  .00000826  00000-0  11715-2 0  9996
2 00016  34.2575 116.0426 2020586 151.1154 221.8131 10.48981875591134
Epoch (UTC): 29 November 2023 11:31:24
Eccentricity: 0.2020586
inclination: 34.2575°
perigee height: 656 km
apogee height: 4218 km
right ascension of ascending node: 116.0426°
argument of perigee: 151.1154°
revolutions per day: 10.48981875
mean anomaly at epoch: 221.8131°
orbit number at epoch: 59113

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

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