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Location: Bennemühlen
(52.5740°N, 9.7135°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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 00005U          26044.84585200 +.00000000 +00000-0 +13365-3 0 00007
2 00005  34.2592 334.9736 1838976 302.3178  41.2200 10.85948826    03
Epoch (UTC): 13 February 2026 20:18:01
Eccentricity: 0.1838976
inclination: 34.2592°
perigee height: 652 km
apogee height: 3820 km
right ascension of ascending node: 334.9736°
argument of perigee: 302.3178°
revolutions per day: 10.85948826
mean anomaly at epoch: 41.2200°

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

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