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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   24256.48768028  .00005511  00000-0  32002-2 0  9991
2 00012  32.9116 327.9909 1654198 304.9484  40.6452 11.47095363457457
Epoch (UTC): 12 September 2024 11:42:15
Eccentricity: 0.1654198
inclination: 32.9116°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3300 km
right ascension of ascending node: 327.9909°
argument of perigee: 304.9484°
revolutions per day: 11.47095363
mean anomaly at epoch: 40.6452°
orbit number at epoch: 45745

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

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