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(40.9104°N, 122.9517°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   25138.30171395  .00000081  00000-0  83415-4 0  9994
2 00016  34.2822   7.0669 2023294 253.0023  84.0118 10.49574898647425
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2025 07:14:28
Eccentricity: 0.2023294
inclination: 34.2822°
perigee height: 650 km
apogee height: 4216 km
right ascension of ascending node: 7.0669°
argument of perigee: 253.0023°
revolutions per day: 10.49574898
mean anomaly at epoch: 84.0118°
orbit number at epoch: 64742

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

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