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Vanguard 2 - 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 00011U          26140.78684970 +.00000000 +00000-0 +38151-3 0 00008
2 00011  32.8738 188.8587 1445417 260.9643  82.5127 11.90433207    01
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2026 18:53:03
Eccentricity: 0.1445417
inclination: 32.8738°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2895 km
right ascension of ascending node: 188.8587°
argument of perigee: 260.9643°
revolutions per day: 11.90433207
mean anomaly at epoch: 82.5127°

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

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