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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   25134.97118244  .00000043  00000-0  31559-4 0  9997
2 00016  34.2802  16.6938 2023160 238.9457  99.6999 10.49574302647073
Epoch (UTC): 14 May 2025 23:18:30
Eccentricity: 0.2023160
inclination: 34.2802°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4216 km
right ascension of ascending node: 16.6938°
argument of perigee: 238.9457°
revolutions per day: 10.49574302
mean anomaly at epoch: 99.6999°
orbit number at epoch: 64707

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

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