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Vanguard 1 Rocket - Orbit
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Kennedy Meadows;
01:59:25
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View from above orbital plane
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View from above satellite
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Ground track
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The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,
1 00016U 58002A 13139.11851418 .00000178 00000-0 25662-3 0 1529
2 00016 034.2641 060.9681 2029161 134.9507 243.4713 10.48342625187329
| Epoch (UTC): | 19 May 2013 02:50:39 |
| Eccentricity: | 0.2029161 |
| inclination: | 34.2641° |
| perigee height: | 651 km |
| apogee height: | 4230 km |
| right ascension of ascending node: | 60.9681° |
| argument of perigee: | 134.9507° |
| revolutions per day: | 10.48342625 |
| mean anomaly at epoch: | 243.4713° |
| orbit number at epoch: | 18732 |
The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,
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