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

1 00011U 59001A   23332.50464234  .00001200  00000-0  62658-3 0  9991
2 00011  32.8707   4.1554 1460160 165.4830 199.2760 11.87404812424522
Epoch (UTC): 28 November 2023 12:06:41
Eccentricity: 0.1460160
inclination: 32.8707°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2923 km
right ascension of ascending node: 4.1554°
argument of perigee: 165.4830°
revolutions per day: 11.87404812
mean anomaly at epoch: 199.2760°
orbit number at epoch: 42452

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

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