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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   23332.83804986  .00000728  00000-0  40485-3 0  9998
2    12  32.9073 261.2914 1660161 222.2470 123.7763 11.45880086666901
Epoch (UTC): 28 November 2023 20:06:47
Eccentricity: 0.1660161
inclination: 32.9073°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3312 km
right ascension of ascending node: 261.2914°
argument of perigee: 222.2470°
revolutions per day: 11.45880086
mean anomaly at epoch: 123.7763°
orbit number at epoch: 66690

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

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