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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          26131.85922292 +.00000000 +00000-0 +13340-3 0 00004
2 00005  34.2500  66.4383 1836232 334.6666  17.3922 10.85980560    06
Epoch (UTC): 11 May 2026 20:37:16
Eccentricity: 0.1836232
inclination: 34.2500°
perigee height: 654 km
apogee height: 3817 km
right ascension of ascending node: 66.4383°
argument of perigee: 334.6666°
revolutions per day: 10.85980560
mean anomaly at epoch: 17.3922°

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

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