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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   23342.52182289  .00000378  00000-0  51900-3 0  9999
2 00016  34.2645  89.9221 2020716 189.2702 166.4308 10.48992682592082
Epoch (UTC): 08 December 2023 12:31:25
Eccentricity: 0.2020716
inclination: 34.2645°
perigee height: 655 km
apogee height: 4218 km
right ascension of ascending node: 89.9221°
argument of perigee: 189.2702°
revolutions per day: 10.48992682
mean anomaly at epoch: 166.4308°
orbit number at epoch: 59208

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

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