VANGUARD 1

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VANGUARD 1 is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 5

Int'l Code: 1958-002B

Perigee: 658.7 km

Apogee: 3,833.2 km

Inclination: 34.3 °

Period: 132.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 8616 km

RCS: 0.118 m² (medium)

Launch date: March 17, 1958
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

Vanguard 1 was a small earth-orbiting satellite designed to test the launch capabilities of a three-stage launch vehicle and the effects of the environment on a satellite and its systems in Earth orbit. It also was used to obtain geodetic measurements through orbit analysis.

1     5U 58002B   24136.32135632  .00001125  00000-0  14190-2 0  9997
2     5  34.2519 148.5485 1842005 299.5098  43.4209 10.85359057360440

Source of the keplerian elements: Caltech