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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          26133.57330774 +.00000000 +00000-0 +44453-3 0 00009
2 00011  32.8713 216.1546 1444923 219.9299 128.5746 11.90422032    08
Epoch (UTC): 13 May 2026 13:45:33
Eccentricity: 0.1444923
inclination: 32.8713°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2895 km
right ascension of ascending node: 216.1546°
argument of perigee: 219.9299°
revolutions per day: 11.90422032
mean anomaly at epoch: 128.5746°

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

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