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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   24313.86655539  .00000563  00000-0  76772-3 0  9998
2 00016  34.2606 197.7891 2023329 168.7786 196.5889 10.49479074627417
Epoch (UTC): 08 November 2024 20:47:50
Eccentricity: 0.2023329
inclination: 34.2606°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4217 km
right ascension of ascending node: 197.7891°
argument of perigee: 168.7786°
revolutions per day: 10.49479074
mean anomaly at epoch: 196.5889°
orbit number at epoch: 62741

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

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