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Vanguard 1 Rocket - Orbit
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Morehead State University;
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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 13168.74011033 .00000115 00000-0 13040-3 0 1596
2 00016 034.2816 335.4974 2029550 259.7575 076.9404 10.48352097190437
| Epoch (UTC): | 17 June 2013 17:45:45 |
| Eccentricity: | 0.2029550 |
| inclination: | 34.2816° |
| perigee height: | 650 km |
| apogee height: | 4230 km |
| right ascension of ascending node: | 335.4974° |
| argument of perigee: | 259.7575° |
| revolutions per day: | 10.48352097 |
| mean anomaly at epoch: | 76.9404° |
| orbit number at epoch: | 19043 |
The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,
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