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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   23336.52588276  .00000804  00000-0  11348-2 0  9993
2    16  34.2592 107.2432 2020560 163.9686 203.5753 10.48986887591444
Epoch (UTC): 02 December 2023 12:37:16
Eccentricity: 0.2020560
inclination: 34.2592°
perigee height: 656 km
apogee height: 4218 km
right ascension of ascending node: 107.2432°
argument of perigee: 163.9686°
revolutions per day: 10.48986887
mean anomaly at epoch: 203.5753°
orbit number at epoch: 59144

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

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