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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   23271.91166224  .00000741  00000-0  41270-3 0  9993
2 00012  32.9095 115.0317 1660200 261.0774  79.9055 11.45800942417330
Epoch (UTC): 28 September 2023 21:52:47
Eccentricity: 0.1660200
inclination: 32.9095°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3313 km
right ascension of ascending node: 115.0317°
argument of perigee: 261.0774°
revolutions per day: 11.45800942
mean anomaly at epoch: 79.9055°
orbit number at epoch: 41733

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

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