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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    12U 59001B   24306.28470474  .00002706  00000-0  15666-2 0  9990
2    12  32.9011 152.8610 1652250 208.1156 141.9617 11.47338156705750
Epoch (UTC): 01 November 2024 06:49:58
Eccentricity: 0.1652250
inclination: 32.9011°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3297 km
right ascension of ascending node: 152.8610°
argument of perigee: 208.1156°
revolutions per day: 11.47338156
mean anomaly at epoch: 141.9617°
orbit number at epoch: 70575

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

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