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Location: Anne Acres
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Time: 04:47:43
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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   25347.11646283  .00000024  00000-0  61113-4 0  9996
2 00016  34.2595 123.1139 2022700  54.8205 322.5537 10.49577067669367
Epoch (UTC): 13 December 2025 02:47:42
Eccentricity: 0.2022700
inclination: 34.2595°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4216 km
right ascension of ascending node: 123.1139°
argument of perigee: 54.8205°
revolutions per day: 10.49577067
mean anomaly at epoch: 322.5537°
orbit number at epoch: 66936

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

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