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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   24309.39526406  .00000687  00000-0  94879-3 0  9996
2 00016  34.2603 210.7225 2023361 149.8864 223.5337 10.49473708626948
Epoch (UTC): 04 November 2024 09:29:10
Eccentricity: 0.2023361
inclination: 34.2603°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4217 km
right ascension of ascending node: 210.7225°
argument of perigee: 149.8864°
revolutions per day: 10.49473708
mean anomaly at epoch: 223.5337°
orbit number at epoch: 62694

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

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