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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          26134.89553611 +.00000000 +00000-0 +13755-3 0 00006
2 00005  34.2482  57.0677 1836008 348.3595   7.9502 10.85981134    08
Epoch (UTC): 14 May 2026 21:29:34
Eccentricity: 0.1836008
inclination: 34.2482°
perigee height: 654 km
apogee height: 3817 km
right ascension of ascending node: 57.0677°
argument of perigee: 348.3595°
revolutions per day: 10.85981134
mean anomaly at epoch: 7.9502°

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

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