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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   24253.60881723  .00000835  00000-0  11093-2 0  9995
2 00016  34.2834  12.0418 2025982 274.3384  62.9857 10.49407386621084
Epoch (UTC): 09 September 2024 14:36:41
Eccentricity: 0.2025982
inclination: 34.2834°
perigee height: 649 km
apogee height: 4220 km
right ascension of ascending node: 12.0418°
argument of perigee: 274.3384°
revolutions per day: 10.49407386
mean anomaly at epoch: 62.9857°
orbit number at epoch: 62108

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

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