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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    16U 58002A   24256.55997733  .00001021  00000-0  13657-2 0  9997
2    16  34.2826   3.5135 2025899 286.7877  52.1078 10.49413362621376
Epoch (UTC): 12 September 2024 13:26:22
Eccentricity: 0.2025899
inclination: 34.2826°
perigee height: 649 km
apogee height: 4220 km
right ascension of ascending node: 3.5135°
argument of perigee: 286.7877°
revolutions per day: 10.49413362
mean anomaly at epoch: 52.1078°
orbit number at epoch: 62137

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

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