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Vanguard 1 Rocket - Orbit
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UW-Whitewater Observatory;
19:45:54
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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 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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