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Vanguard 2 - 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 00011U          26088.18583329 +.00000000 +00000-0 +82847-3 0 00000
2 00011  32.8751  27.9083 1445178 321.5863  28.9975 11.90307438    03
Epoch (UTC): 29 March 2026 04:27:35
Eccentricity: 0.1445178
inclination: 32.8751°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 2896 km
right ascension of ascending node: 27.9083°
argument of perigee: 321.5863°
revolutions per day: 11.90307438
mean anomaly at epoch: 28.9975°

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

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