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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   25134.45266700  .00000637  00000-0  36778-3 0  9993
2 00012  32.8952 189.6999 1649356 154.6251 214.5480 11.47722137485481
Epoch (UTC): 14 May 2025 10:51:50
Eccentricity: 0.1649356
inclination: 32.8952°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 3293 km
right ascension of ascending node: 189.6999°
argument of perigee: 154.6251°
revolutions per day: 11.47722137
mean anomaly at epoch: 214.5480°
orbit number at epoch: 48548

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

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