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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   24262.27245832  .00000612  00000-0  82031-3 0  9997
2 00016  34.2788 347.0033 2025531 310.8904  33.2738 10.49419178621991
Epoch (UTC): 18 September 2024 06:32:20
Eccentricity: 0.2025531
inclination: 34.2788°
perigee height: 649 km
apogee height: 4219 km
right ascension of ascending node: 347.0033°
argument of perigee: 310.8904°
revolutions per day: 10.49419178
mean anomaly at epoch: 33.2738°
orbit number at epoch: 62199

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

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