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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   24280.61127525  .00003620  00000-0  21278-2 0  9996
2 00012  32.8973 243.1605 1652841  72.4126 304.9685 11.47222206460223
Epoch (UTC): 06 October 2024 14:40:14
Eccentricity: 0.1652841
inclination: 32.8973°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3299 km
right ascension of ascending node: 243.1605°
argument of perigee: 72.4126°
revolutions per day: 11.47222206
mean anomaly at epoch: 304.9685°
orbit number at epoch: 46022

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

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