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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   25198.58424818  .00000874  00000-0  51719-3 0  9998
2    12  32.8998 324.0088 1647437 133.8014 241.1194 11.47795099735448
Epoch (UTC): 17 July 2025 14:01:19
Eccentricity: 0.1647437
inclination: 32.8998°
perigee height: 556 km
apogee height: 3291 km
right ascension of ascending node: 324.0088°
argument of perigee: 133.8014°
revolutions per day: 11.47795099
mean anomaly at epoch: 241.1194°
orbit number at epoch: 73544

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

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