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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          26073.33399362 +.00000000 +00000-0 +47571-3 0 00008
2 00011  32.8743  84.0882 1445783 237.1177 108.2080 11.90277025    04
Epoch (UTC): 14 March 2026 08:00:57
Eccentricity: 0.1445783
inclination: 32.8743°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2896 km
right ascension of ascending node: 84.0882°
argument of perigee: 237.1177°
revolutions per day: 11.90277025
mean anomaly at epoch: 108.2080°

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

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