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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          26087.99216418 +.00000000 +00000-0 +23343-3 0 00009
2 00005  34.2408 201.8051 1836428 136.8846 239.1174 10.85962456    06
Epoch (UTC): 28 March 2026 23:48:42
Eccentricity: 0.1836428
inclination: 34.2408°
perigee height: 654 km
apogee height: 3817 km
right ascension of ascending node: 201.8051°
argument of perigee: 136.8846°
revolutions per day: 10.85962456
mean anomaly at epoch: 239.1174°

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

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