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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          26110.14986102 +.00000000 +00000-0 +18734-3 0 00005
2 00005  34.2516 133.4185 1836812 236.8263 104.2767 10.85971808    06
Epoch (UTC): 20 April 2026 03:35:47
Eccentricity: 0.1836812
inclination: 34.2516°
perigee height: 653 km
apogee height: 3818 km
right ascension of ascending node: 133.4185°
argument of perigee: 236.8263°
revolutions per day: 10.85971808
mean anomaly at epoch: 104.2767°

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

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