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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   23343.81883302  .00000283  00000-0  14551-3 0  9998
2    12  32.9095 222.7763 1660287 280.0989  61.7067 11.45892686668162
Epoch (UTC): 09 December 2023 19:39:07
Eccentricity: 0.1660287
inclination: 32.9095°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3312 km
right ascension of ascending node: 222.7763°
argument of perigee: 280.0989°
revolutions per day: 11.45892686
mean anomaly at epoch: 61.7067°
orbit number at epoch: 66816

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

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