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Tracking Vanguard 1--:--:-- UTC– satellites tracked– in sunlight

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Vanguard 1

NORAD 5VANGUARD 1US Navy (Vanguard program)launched 1958

Vanguard 1, run by US Navy (Vanguard program): launched 1958: the oldest human-made object still in orbit; circling 3,819 km up every 2.2 hours. Catalogue

Altitude: 3,238 km
Speed: 21,800 km/h
Below now: The Atlantic Ocean
Light: Earth's shadow
Position: 34.1° N 33.6° W
Next pass over: –

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The satellite, its orbit and its position are real. The view is our rendering from its real position: up close, a 3D model of its type (NASA's own model for the ISS and Hubble) at true scale, with an estimated attitude. Not a photograph. "Yours" means assigned on this site. Nobody here controls or owns a satellite.

Today below it The Atlantic Ocean

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NASA GIBS imagery of this spot

34.26° inclination2.2 h period3,819 km apogee651 km perigeeelements 43 h old

Sat camVanguard 1

Rendered view from its real position · ground from NASA stills at 500 m: Blue Marble by day, Black Marble city lights by night · not live

Satellites: CelesTrak, propagated with SGP4. Ground imagery: NASA GIBS. Earth: NASA Blue Marble & Black Marble. The camera views are renderings; "yours" means assigned on this site.

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