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Location: Muck Cross
(36.7179°N, 78.3678°W)
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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   23087.84133674  .00000139  00000-0  14897-3 0  9991
2 00005  34.2614 342.9389 1846876 237.8293 102.9902 10.85075563315438
Epoch (UTC): 28 March 2023 20:11:31
Eccentricity: 0.1846876
inclination: 34.2614°
perigee height: 648 km
apogee height: 3832 km
right ascension of ascending node: 342.9389°
argument of perigee: 237.8293°
revolutions per day: 10.85075563
mean anomaly at epoch: 102.9902°
orbit number at epoch: 31543

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

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