User: anonymous   Login
Location: Avon
(37.7514°N, 90.2235°W)
Time: 13:42:33
(UTC+00:00)
Language:

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    11U 59001A   24313.87266586  .00001788  00000-0  93044-3 0  9995
2    11  32.8694 138.2126 1454085 329.1673  23.0854 11.88896468807474
Epoch (UTC): 08 November 2024 20:56:38
Eccentricity: 0.1454085
inclination: 32.8694°
perigee height: 552 km
apogee height: 2910 km
right ascension of ascending node: 138.2126°
argument of perigee: 329.1673°
revolutions per day: 11.88896468
mean anomaly at epoch: 23.0854°
orbit number at epoch: 80747

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

DLR