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(50.5721°N, 6.4398°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   25343.90093048  .00000219  00000-0  29097-3 0  9992
2 00005  34.2416 178.5066 1840124   5.0159 356.6413 10.85935456422709
Epoch (UTC): 09 December 2025 21:37:20
Eccentricity: 0.1840124
inclination: 34.2416°
perigee height: 650 km
apogee height: 3821 km
right ascension of ascending node: 178.5066°
argument of perigee: 5.0159°
revolutions per day: 10.85935456
mean anomaly at epoch: 356.6413°
orbit number at epoch: 42270

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

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