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Vanguard 1 Rocket - Orbit
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Sandbanks Provincial Park;
20:12:30
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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 13143.11885560 .00000184 00000-0 25682-3 0 1539
2 00016 034.2661 049.4207 2029021 151.8131 220.9049 10.48344045187749
| Epoch (UTC): | 23 May 2013 02:51:09 |
| Eccentricity: | 0.2029021 |
| inclination: | 34.2661° |
| perigee height: | 651 km |
| apogee height: | 4230 km |
| right ascension of ascending node: | 49.4207° |
| argument of perigee: | 151.8131° |
| revolutions per day: | 10.48344045 |
| mean anomaly at epoch: | 220.9049° |
| orbit number at epoch: | 18774 |
The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,
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