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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   25199.31542353  .00000000  00000-0  36956-5 0  9998
2 00016  34.2578 190.6063 2022862 150.6609 222.4595 10.49573298653834
Epoch (UTC): 18 July 2025 07:34:12
Eccentricity: 0.2022862
inclination: 34.2578°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4216 km
right ascension of ascending node: 190.6063°
argument of perigee: 150.6609°
revolutions per day: 10.49573298
mean anomaly at epoch: 222.4595°
orbit number at epoch: 65383

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

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