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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          26046.86993169 +.00000000 +00000-0 +15674-3 0 00003
2 00005  34.2578 328.7290 1838768 311.4405  34.1899 10.85949236    07
Epoch (UTC): 15 February 2026 20:52:42
Eccentricity: 0.1838768
inclination: 34.2578°
perigee height: 652 km
apogee height: 3820 km
right ascension of ascending node: 328.7290°
argument of perigee: 311.4405°
revolutions per day: 10.85949236
mean anomaly at epoch: 34.1899°

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

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