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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          26048.58951903 +.00000000 +00000-0 +24172-3 0 00004
2 00011  32.8632 177.7154 1446264  96.3192 280.3535 11.90232594    09
Epoch (UTC): 17 February 2026 14:08:54
Eccentricity: 0.1446264
inclination: 32.8632°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2897 km
right ascension of ascending node: 177.7154°
argument of perigee: 96.3192°
revolutions per day: 11.90232594
mean anomaly at epoch: 280.3535°

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

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