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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          26048.80207080 +.00000000 +00000-0 +12565-3 0 00005
2 00005  34.2558 322.7675 1838592 320.1489  27.7311 10.85949499    08
Epoch (UTC): 17 February 2026 19:14:58
Eccentricity: 0.1838592
inclination: 34.2558°
perigee height: 652 km
apogee height: 3819 km
right ascension of ascending node: 322.7675°
argument of perigee: 320.1489°
revolutions per day: 10.85949499
mean anomaly at epoch: 27.7311°

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

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