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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    11U 59001A   25131.52786303  .00001735  00000-0  89775-3 0  9998
2    11  32.8731 164.5524 1449114 292.2443  53.0924 11.89754138829341
Epoch (UTC): 11 May 2025 12:40:07
Eccentricity: 0.1449114
inclination: 32.8731°
perigee height: 552 km
apogee height: 2901 km
right ascension of ascending node: 164.5524°
argument of perigee: 292.2443°
revolutions per day: 11.89754138
mean anomaly at epoch: 53.0924°
orbit number at epoch: 82934

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

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