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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          26038.85487330 +.00000000 +00000-0 +33329-3 0 00005
2 00011  32.8626 214.5503 1446526  40.9345 329.1281 11.90222190    07
Epoch (UTC): 07 February 2026 20:31:01
Eccentricity: 0.1446526
inclination: 32.8626°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2897 km
right ascension of ascending node: 214.5503°
argument of perigee: 40.9345°
revolutions per day: 11.90222190
mean anomaly at epoch: 329.1281°

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

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