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(40.9104°N, 122.9517°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     5U 58002B   25137.58927511  .00000106  00000-0  13426-3 0  9992
2     5  34.2435  95.3223 1840975 154.8551 215.4388 10.85922780400361
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2025 14:08:33
Eccentricity: 0.1840975
inclination: 34.2435°
perigee height: 650 km
apogee height: 3821 km
right ascension of ascending node: 95.3223°
argument of perigee: 154.8551°
revolutions per day: 10.85922780
mean anomaly at epoch: 215.4388°
orbit number at epoch: 40036

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

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