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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          26158.57552757 +.00000000 +00000-0 +95346-3 0 00000
2 00011  32.8653 121.5359 1444589   2.1845 358.4285 11.90483764    00
Epoch (UTC): 07 June 2026 13:48:45
Eccentricity: 0.1444589
inclination: 32.8653°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2894 km
right ascension of ascending node: 121.5359°
argument of perigee: 2.1845°
revolutions per day: 11.90483764
mean anomaly at epoch: 358.4285°

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

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