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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   25140.87125292  .00000052  00000-0  44519-4 0  9994
2 00016  34.2827 359.6400 2023369 263.8454  72.9400 10.49575017647692
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2025 20:54:36
Eccentricity: 0.2023369
inclination: 34.2827°
perigee height: 650 km
apogee height: 4216 km
right ascension of ascending node: 359.6400°
argument of perigee: 263.8454°
revolutions per day: 10.49575017
mean anomaly at epoch: 72.9400°
orbit number at epoch: 64769

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

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