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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          26106.73303941 +.00000000 +00000-0 +39574-3 0 00001
2 00011  32.8668 317.7283 1444310  67.1492 307.4938 11.90352604    09
Epoch (UTC): 16 April 2026 17:35:34
Eccentricity: 0.1444310
inclination: 32.8668°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 2895 km
right ascension of ascending node: 317.7283°
argument of perigee: 67.1492°
revolutions per day: 11.90352604
mean anomaly at epoch: 307.4938°

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

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