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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    16U 58002A   24317.00579877  .00000493  00000-0  66575-3 0  9990
2    16  34.2614 188.7081 2023396 182.0427 177.0634 10.49482384627737
Epoch (UTC): 12 November 2024 00:08:21
Eccentricity: 0.2023396
inclination: 34.2614°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4217 km
right ascension of ascending node: 188.7081°
argument of perigee: 182.0427°
revolutions per day: 10.49482384
mean anomaly at epoch: 177.0634°
orbit number at epoch: 62773

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

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