Key statistics
Satellite VANGUARD DEB at a glance.
Uptime
24407
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 12.4
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
32.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for VANGUARD DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: VANGUARD DEB
International designator: 1959-001E
Object number (NORAD): 61446
Object ID (CCSDS): 61446
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 115.816 minutes
Inclination: 32.8567 deg
SMA: 7870.549 km
Apoapsis: 2452.816 km
Periapsis: 532.011 km
RAAN: 139.6529 deg
Eccentricy: 0.12202487
Argument of periapsis: 24.0276 deg
Mean anomaly: 36.5886 deg
Mean motion: 12.43355327 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003233 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012846079 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 7:14 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 11, 2025, 2:02 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 VANGUARD DEB
TLE line 1: 1 61446U 59001E 25345.58532478 .00003233 00000-0 12846-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 61446 32.8567 139.6529 1220249 24.0276 36.5886 12.43355327961524
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite VANGUARD DEB.
Associated space launch
Vanguard II is an Earth orbiting satellite and the first weather satellite. It was designed to measure cloud-cover distribution over the daylight portion of its orbit for a period of 19 days and to provide information on the density of the atmosphere.
VANGUARD DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Vanguard | Vanguard II’, on board a Vanguard space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 17, 1959, 3:55 p.m. from Launch Complex 18A.
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Vanguard | Vanguard II
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 17, 1959, 3:55 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Vanguard
Launch pad: Launch Complex 18A
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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