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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          26083.98974525 +.00000000 +00000-0 +51588-3 0 00003
2 00011  32.8772  43.7815 1445518 297.7180  48.4153 11.90294995    07
Epoch (UTC): 24 March 2026 23:45:13
Eccentricity: 0.1445518
inclination: 32.8772°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2896 km
right ascension of ascending node: 43.7815°
argument of perigee: 297.7180°
revolutions per day: 11.90294995
mean anomaly at epoch: 48.4153°

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

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