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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          26133.88342566 +.00000000 +00000-0 +14315-3 0 00002
2 00005  34.2487  60.1914 1836085 343.7946  11.0741 10.85981020    01
Epoch (UTC): 13 May 2026 21:12:07
Eccentricity: 0.1836085
inclination: 34.2487°
perigee height: 654 km
apogee height: 3817 km
right ascension of ascending node: 60.1914°
argument of perigee: 343.7946°
revolutions per day: 10.85981020
mean anomaly at epoch: 11.0741°

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

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