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(45.6429°N, 1.0859°W)
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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          26044.81349549 +.00000000 +00000-0 +27023-3 0 00001
2 00011  32.8629 192.0025 1446394  74.8391 300.7199 11.90228935    05
Epoch (UTC): 13 February 2026 19:31:26
Eccentricity: 0.1446394
inclination: 32.8629°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2897 km
right ascension of ascending node: 192.0025°
argument of perigee: 74.8391°
revolutions per day: 11.90228935
mean anomaly at epoch: 300.7199°

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

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