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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   24256.66605181  .00003015  00000-0  15912-2 0  9998
2 00011  32.8712 354.1382 1454103   4.5139 356.7116 11.88716622458922
Epoch (UTC): 12 September 2024 15:59:06
Eccentricity: 0.1454103
inclination: 32.8712°
perigee height: 552 km
apogee height: 2911 km
right ascension of ascending node: 354.1382°
argument of perigee: 4.5139°
revolutions per day: 11.88716622
mean anomaly at epoch: 356.7116°
orbit number at epoch: 45892

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

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