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Vanguard 1 - 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 00005U          26140.78420384 +.00000000 +00000-0 +17045-3 0 00007
2 00005  34.2466  38.8930 1835676  14.9186 349.8894 10.85982298    05
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2026 18:49:15
Eccentricity: 0.1835676
inclination: 34.2466°
perigee height: 654 km
apogee height: 3817 km
right ascension of ascending node: 38.8930°
argument of perigee: 14.9186°
revolutions per day: 10.85982298
mean anomaly at epoch: 349.8894°

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

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