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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   25133.23490406  .00000657  00000-0  38137-3 0  9993
2    12  32.8951 193.9864 1649403 148.1826 222.9980 11.47720692727928
Epoch (UTC): 13 May 2025 05:38:15
Eccentricity: 0.1649403
inclination: 32.8951°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 3293 km
right ascension of ascending node: 193.9864°
argument of perigee: 148.1826°
revolutions per day: 11.47720692
mean anomaly at epoch: 222.9980°
orbit number at epoch: 72792

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

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