Vanguard 2 Rocket - 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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 00012U 59001B   13141.76797245  .00000440  00000-0  24605-3 0  5955
2 00012 032.9086 023.2348 1675726 183.4184 175.3493 11.42501504226654
Epoch (UTC): 21 May 2013 18:25:52
Eccentricity: 0.1675726
inclination: 32.9086°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3344 km
right ascension of ascending node: 23.2348°
argument of perigee: 183.4184°
revolutions per day: 11.42501504
mean anomaly at epoch: 175.3493°
orbit number at epoch: 22665

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

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