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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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 00011U 59001A   24255.57350130  .00001884  00000-0  99254-3 0  9992
2 00011  32.8720 358.2618 1454177 358.3136   1.2893 11.88708629458793
Epoch (UTC): 11 September 2024 13:45:50
Eccentricity: 0.1454177
inclination: 32.8720°
perigee height: 552 km
apogee height: 2911 km
right ascension of ascending node: 358.2618°
argument of perigee: 358.3136°
revolutions per day: 11.88708629
mean anomaly at epoch: 1.2893°
orbit number at epoch: 45879

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

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