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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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 00016U          26046.72954808 +.00000000 +00000-0 +79321-4 0 00007
2 00016  34.2714 296.2736 2021564 327.6113  21.4727 10.49577278    01
Epoch (UTC): 15 February 2026 17:30:32
Eccentricity: 0.2021564
inclination: 34.2714°
perigee height: 652 km
apogee height: 4215 km
right ascension of ascending node: 296.2736°
argument of perigee: 327.6113°
revolutions per day: 10.49577278
mean anomaly at epoch: 21.4727°

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

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