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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 00011U 59001A   25137.74087404  .00001994  00000-0  10434-2 0  9996
2 00011  32.8692 141.0658 1448721 327.5528  24.3513 11.89773987488343
Epoch (UTC): 17 May 2025 17:46:51
Eccentricity: 0.1448721
inclination: 32.8692°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 2901 km
right ascension of ascending node: 141.0658°
argument of perigee: 327.5528°
revolutions per day: 11.89773987
mean anomaly at epoch: 24.3513°
orbit number at epoch: 48834

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

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