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(37.0842°N, 94.5133°W)
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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   23088.72257760  .00000122  00000-0  15060-3 0  9999
2 00016  34.2656 102.7696 2025471 198.9337 152.3710 10.48820652565435
Epoch (UTC): 29 March 2023 17:20:30
Eccentricity: 0.2025471
inclination: 34.2656°
perigee height: 652 km
apogee height: 4223 km
right ascension of ascending node: 102.7696°
argument of perigee: 198.9337°
revolutions per day: 10.48820652
mean anomaly at epoch: 152.3710°
orbit number at epoch: 56543

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

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