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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   25196.36627754 -.00000040  00000-0 -44926-4 0  9990
2 00016  34.2575 199.1392 2022899 138.1997 239.2161 10.49573276653528
Epoch (UTC): 15 July 2025 08:47:26
Eccentricity: 0.2022899
inclination: 34.2575°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4216 km
right ascension of ascending node: 199.1392°
argument of perigee: 138.1997°
revolutions per day: 10.49573276
mean anomaly at epoch: 239.2161°
orbit number at epoch: 65352

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

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