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Location: 81360 Arifat, France
(43.7204°N, 2.3408°E)
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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   25340.54759308  .00000109  00000-0  17207-3 0  9997
2 00016  34.2581 142.1181 2022686  27.0680 342.2296 10.49576227668673
Epoch (UTC): 06 December 2025 13:08:32
Eccentricity: 0.2022686
inclination: 34.2581°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4216 km
right ascension of ascending node: 142.1181°
argument of perigee: 27.0680°
revolutions per day: 10.49576227
mean anomaly at epoch: 342.2296°
orbit number at epoch: 66867

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

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