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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   23080.38516128  .00003127  00000-0  18515-2 0  9990
2 00012  32.9049  66.6708 1660639 331.8412  20.1306 11.45242631395365
Epoch (UTC): 21 March 2023 09:14:37
Eccentricity: 0.1660639
inclination: 32.9049°
perigee height: 555 km
apogee height: 3316 km
right ascension of ascending node: 66.6708°
argument of perigee: 331.8412°
revolutions per day: 11.45242631
mean anomaly at epoch: 20.1306°
orbit number at epoch: 39536

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

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