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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          26103.96383830 +.00000000 +00000-0 +40712-3 0 00004
2 00011  32.8672 328.2070 1444321  51.3875 320.7438 11.90348566    02
Epoch (UTC): 13 April 2026 23:07:55
Eccentricity: 0.1444321
inclination: 32.8672°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 2895 km
right ascension of ascending node: 328.2070°
argument of perigee: 51.3875°
revolutions per day: 11.90348566
mean anomaly at epoch: 320.7438°

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

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