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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   24311.39312965  .00000613  00000-0  84296-3 0  9993
2 00016  34.2603 204.9436 2023333 158.3278 211.6896 10.49476080627158
Epoch (UTC): 06 November 2024 09:26:06
Eccentricity: 0.2023333
inclination: 34.2603°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4217 km
right ascension of ascending node: 204.9436°
argument of perigee: 158.3278°
revolutions per day: 10.49476080
mean anomaly at epoch: 211.6896°
orbit number at epoch: 62715

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

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