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Vanguard 2 Rocket - 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 00012U 59001B   23268.25109850  .00000867  00000-0  48685-3 0  9994
2 00012  32.9079 127.8693 1660020 241.7900 100.5358 11.45796084416917
Epoch (UTC): 25 September 2023 06:01:34
Eccentricity: 0.1660020
inclination: 32.9079°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3313 km
right ascension of ascending node: 127.8693°
argument of perigee: 241.7900°
revolutions per day: 11.45796084
mean anomaly at epoch: 100.5358°
orbit number at epoch: 41691

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

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