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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          26104.44896654 +.00000000 +00000-0 +15224-3 0 00004
2 00005  34.2468 151.0106 1836455 211.1218 136.6571 10.85969996    07
Epoch (UTC): 14 April 2026 10:46:30
Eccentricity: 0.1836455
inclination: 34.2468°
perigee height: 654 km
apogee height: 3817 km
right ascension of ascending node: 151.0106°
argument of perigee: 211.1218°
revolutions per day: 10.85969996
mean anomaly at epoch: 136.6571°

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

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