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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,

Epoch (UTC): 15 January 2026 12:13:53
Eccentricity: 0.1839551
inclination: 34.2470°
perigee height: 651 km
apogee height: 3820 km
right ascension of ascending node: 65.4923°
argument of perigee: 170.1011°
revolutions per day: 10.85940602
mean anomaly at epoch: 194.1623°

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

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