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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   24254.65597709  .00000827  00000-0  10996-2 0  9991
2 00016  34.2832   9.0157 2025962 278.7557  59.0212 10.49409077621199
Epoch (UTC): 10 September 2024 15:44:36
Eccentricity: 0.2025962
inclination: 34.2832°
perigee height: 649 km
apogee height: 4220 km
right ascension of ascending node: 9.0157°
argument of perigee: 278.7557°
revolutions per day: 10.49409077
mean anomaly at epoch: 59.0212°
orbit number at epoch: 62119

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

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