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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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 00012U          26073.81381654 +.00000000 +00000-0 +29591-3 0 00009
2 00012  32.9031 197.8438 1646632 325.3410  24.9886 11.48568356    03
Epoch (UTC): 14 March 2026 19:31:53
Eccentricity: 0.1646632
inclination: 32.9031°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3286 km
right ascension of ascending node: 197.8438°
argument of perigee: 325.3410°
revolutions per day: 11.48568356
mean anomaly at epoch: 24.9886°

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

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