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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   24281.22075868  .00003911  00000-0  22987-2 0  9997
2    12  32.8971 241.0173 1652803  75.6326 302.1430 11.47227528702884
Epoch (UTC): 07 October 2024 05:17:53
Eccentricity: 0.1652803
inclination: 32.8971°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3298 km
right ascension of ascending node: 241.0173°
argument of perigee: 75.6326°
revolutions per day: 11.47227528
mean anomaly at epoch: 302.1430°
orbit number at epoch: 70288

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

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