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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          26037.76377065 +.00000000 +00000-0 +38099-3 0 00006
2 00011  32.8629 218.6794 1446533  34.7260 333.9724 11.90221209    07
Epoch (UTC): 06 February 2026 18:19:49
Eccentricity: 0.1446533
inclination: 32.8629°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2897 km
right ascension of ascending node: 218.6794°
argument of perigee: 34.7260°
revolutions per day: 11.90221209
mean anomaly at epoch: 333.9724°

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

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