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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          26131.64441571 +.00000000 +00000-0 +47159-3 0 00009
2 00011  32.8703 223.4542 1444754 208.9538 142.2791 11.90418566    00
Epoch (UTC): 11 May 2026 15:27:57
Eccentricity: 0.1444754
inclination: 32.8703°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2895 km
right ascension of ascending node: 223.4542°
argument of perigee: 208.9538°
revolutions per day: 11.90418566
mean anomaly at epoch: 142.2791°

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

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