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(17.2661°S, 145.4859°E)
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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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 00005U 58002B   25167.84373616  .00000051  00000-0  46542-4 0  9990
2 00005  34.2625   1.9537 1841930 291.2449  50.1669 10.85927253403568
Epoch (UTC): 16 June 2025 20:14:58
Eccentricity: 0.1841930
inclination: 34.2625°
perigee height: 649 km
apogee height: 3822 km
right ascension of ascending node: 1.9537°
argument of perigee: 291.2449°
revolutions per day: 10.85927253
mean anomaly at epoch: 50.1669°
orbit number at epoch: 40356

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

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