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(38.9356°N, 78.4524°W)
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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   23158.26517274 -.00000016  00000-0 -35848-4 0  9994
2 00005  34.2474 125.8582 1846709 194.8971 158.9112 10.85082185323087
Epoch (UTC): 07 June 2023 06:21:50
Eccentricity: 0.1846709
inclination: 34.2474°
perigee height: 649 km
apogee height: 3832 km
right ascension of ascending node: 125.8582°
argument of perigee: 194.8971°
revolutions per day: 10.85082185
mean anomaly at epoch: 158.9112°
orbit number at epoch: 32308

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

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