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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   25173.61965238 -.00000065  00000-0 -63216-4 0  9995
2 00016  34.2621 264.9365 2023057  42.1295 331.8275 10.49574382651132
Epoch (UTC): 22 June 2025 14:52:17
Eccentricity: 0.2023057
inclination: 34.2621°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4216 km
right ascension of ascending node: 264.9365°
argument of perigee: 42.1295°
revolutions per day: 10.49574382
mean anomaly at epoch: 331.8275°
orbit number at epoch: 65113

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

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