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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   23160.60305400  .00001411  00000-0  83636-3 0  9994
2 00012  32.8953 145.4410 1660270  34.4345 335.3392 11.45618459404560
Epoch (UTC): 09 June 2023 14:28:23
Eccentricity: 0.1660270
inclination: 32.8953°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 3314 km
right ascension of ascending node: 145.4410°
argument of perigee: 34.4345°
revolutions per day: 11.45618459
mean anomaly at epoch: 335.3392°
orbit number at epoch: 40456

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

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