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Vanguard 2 - Orbit
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Broemmelsiek Park Astronomy Area;
12:48:32
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View from above orbital plane
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View from above satellite
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Ground track
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The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,
1 00011U 59001A 13138.15955181 .00002217 00000-0 12090-2 0 8836
2 00011 032.8687 040.0727 1475353 059.4182 314.3699 11.83729807309727
| Epoch (UTC): | 18 May 2013 03:49:45 |
| Eccentricity: | 0.1475353 |
| inclination: | 32.8687° |
| perigee height: | 554 km |
| apogee height: | 2954 km |
| right ascension of ascending node: | 40.0727° |
| argument of perigee: | 59.4182° |
| revolutions per day: | 11.83729807 |
| mean anomaly at epoch: | 314.3699° |
| orbit number at epoch: | 30972 |
The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,
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