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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   23332.52829832  .00000794  00000-0  11278-2 0  9995
2 00016  34.2571 118.7921 2020617 147.1002 227.3323 10.48980152591031
Epoch (UTC): 28 November 2023 12:40:44
Eccentricity: 0.2020617
inclination: 34.2571°
perigee height: 656 km
apogee height: 4218 km
right ascension of ascending node: 118.7921°
argument of perigee: 147.1002°
revolutions per day: 10.48980152
mean anomaly at epoch: 227.3323°
orbit number at epoch: 59103

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

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