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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   25140.45409239  .00000587  00000-0  33047-3 0  9996
2 00012  32.8970 168.5742 1649338 186.3781 171.3063 11.47728877486174
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2025 10:53:53
Eccentricity: 0.1649338
inclination: 32.8970°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 3293 km
right ascension of ascending node: 168.5742°
argument of perigee: 186.3781°
revolutions per day: 11.47728877
mean anomaly at epoch: 171.3063°
orbit number at epoch: 48617

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

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