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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          26068.58438433 +.00000000 +00000-0 +29145-3 0 00002
2 00005  34.2418 261.7067 1837370  49.3629 325.2840 10.85956452    09
Epoch (UTC): 09 March 2026 14:01:30
Eccentricity: 0.1837370
inclination: 34.2418°
perigee height: 653 km
apogee height: 3818 km
right ascension of ascending node: 261.7067°
argument of perigee: 49.3629°
revolutions per day: 10.85956452
mean anomaly at epoch: 325.2840°

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

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