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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          26129.92706125 +.00000000 +00000-0 +16962-3 0 00007
2 00005  34.2511  72.4006 1836382 325.9545  23.5494 10.85980204    00
Epoch (UTC): 09 May 2026 22:14:58
Eccentricity: 0.1836382
inclination: 34.2511°
perigee height: 654 km
apogee height: 3817 km
right ascension of ascending node: 72.4006°
argument of perigee: 325.9545°
revolutions per day: 10.85980204
mean anomaly at epoch: 23.5494°

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

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