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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   25193.70228117 -.00000055  00000-0 -61475-4 0  9999
2 00016  34.2580 206.8461 2022950 126.9449 253.3990 10.49573427653246
Epoch (UTC): 12 July 2025 16:51:17
Eccentricity: 0.2022950
inclination: 34.2580°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4216 km
right ascension of ascending node: 206.8461°
argument of perigee: 126.9449°
revolutions per day: 10.49573427
mean anomaly at epoch: 253.3990°
orbit number at epoch: 65324

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

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