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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          26048.75732987 +.00000000 +00000-0 +24127-3 0 00002
2 00011  32.8632 177.0805 1446263  97.2737 279.3966 11.90232767    07
Epoch (UTC): 17 February 2026 18:10:33
Eccentricity: 0.1446263
inclination: 32.8632°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2897 km
right ascension of ascending node: 177.0805°
argument of perigee: 97.2737°
revolutions per day: 11.90232767
mean anomaly at epoch: 279.3966°

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

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