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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          26129.63175824 +.00000000 +00000-0 +57538-3 0 00002
2 00011  32.8690 231.0710 1444593 197.4993 157.0300 11.90414802    04
Epoch (UTC): 09 May 2026 15:09:43
Eccentricity: 0.1444593
inclination: 32.8690°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 2895 km
right ascension of ascending node: 231.0710°
argument of perigee: 197.4993°
revolutions per day: 11.90414802
mean anomaly at epoch: 157.0300°

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

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