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Location: 81360 Arifat, France
(43.7204°N, 2.3408°E)
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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   25340.58840661  .00000314  00000-0  40348-3 0  9992
2 00005  34.2445 188.7345 1840333 350.0710   6.7767 10.85933996422344
Epoch (UTC): 06 December 2025 14:07:18
Eccentricity: 0.1840333
inclination: 34.2445°
perigee height: 650 km
apogee height: 3821 km
right ascension of ascending node: 188.7345°
argument of perigee: 350.0710°
revolutions per day: 10.85933996
mean anomaly at epoch: 6.7767°
orbit number at epoch: 42234

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

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