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   13168.77711855  .00000163  00000-0  86057-4 0  6164
2 00012 032.9034 289.0473 1675378 324.9313 025.1389 11.42518050229740
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2013 18:39:03
Eccentricity: 0.1675378
inclination: 32.9034°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 3344 km
right ascension of ascending node: 289.0473°
argument of perigee: 324.9313°
revolutions per day: 11.42518050
mean anomaly at epoch: 25.1389°
orbit number at epoch: 22974

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

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