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   13135.11761166  .00000178  00000-0  26391-3 0  1514
2 00016 034.2630 072.5171 2029257 118.0841 263.9457 10.48340961186906
Epoch (UTC): 15 May 2013 02:49:21
Eccentricity: 0.2029257
inclination: 34.2630°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4230 km
right ascension of ascending node: 72.5171°
argument of perigee: 118.0841°
revolutions per day: 10.48340961
mean anomaly at epoch: 263.9457°
orbit number at epoch: 18690

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

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