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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          26073.55236720 +.00000000 +00000-0 +22484-3 0 00009
2 00005  34.2418 246.3722 1837205  71.7661 307.3546 10.85958397    02
Epoch (UTC): 14 March 2026 13:15:24
Eccentricity: 0.1837205
inclination: 34.2418°
perigee height: 653 km
apogee height: 3818 km
right ascension of ascending node: 246.3722°
argument of perigee: 71.7661°
revolutions per day: 10.85958397
mean anomaly at epoch: 307.3546°

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

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