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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   25167.62178716 -.00000031  00000-0 -24738-4 0  9995
2 00016  34.2643 282.2877 2022998  16.7942 349.0740 10.49574931650504
Epoch (UTC): 16 June 2025 14:55:22
Eccentricity: 0.2022998
inclination: 34.2643°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 4216 km
right ascension of ascending node: 282.2877°
argument of perigee: 16.7942°
revolutions per day: 10.49574931
mean anomaly at epoch: 349.0740°
orbit number at epoch: 65050

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

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