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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          26104.81673522 +.00000000 +00000-0 +15153-3 0 00003
2 00005  34.2471 149.8755 1836480 212.7806 134.4457 10.85970086    05
Epoch (UTC): 14 April 2026 19:36:05
Eccentricity: 0.1836480
inclination: 34.2471°
perigee height: 654 km
apogee height: 3817 km
right ascension of ascending node: 149.8755°
argument of perigee: 212.7806°
revolutions per day: 10.85970086
mean anomaly at epoch: 134.4457°

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

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