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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          26130.55421596 +.00000000 +00000-0 +52644-3 0 00008
2 00011  32.8696 227.5799 1444663 202.7495 150.2213 11.90416611    00
Epoch (UTC): 10 May 2026 13:18:04
Eccentricity: 0.1444663
inclination: 32.8696°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 2895 km
right ascension of ascending node: 227.5799°
argument of perigee: 202.7495°
revolutions per day: 11.90416611
mean anomaly at epoch: 150.2213°

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

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