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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          26045.82048523 +.00000000 +00000-0 +27421-3 0 00003
2 00011  32.8630 188.1926 1446362  80.5663 295.4988 11.90230029    07
Epoch (UTC): 14 February 2026 19:41:29
Eccentricity: 0.1446362
inclination: 32.8630°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2897 km
right ascension of ascending node: 188.1926°
argument of perigee: 80.5663°
revolutions per day: 11.90230029
mean anomaly at epoch: 295.4988°

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

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