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Vanguard 2 Rocket - 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 00012U          26110.94634850 +.00000000 +00000-0 +11418-3 0 00003
2 00012  32.8988  66.9447 1646306 162.0641 204.5815 11.48597782    02
Epoch (UTC): 20 April 2026 22:42:44
Eccentricity: 0.1646306
inclination: 32.8988°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3286 km
right ascension of ascending node: 66.9447°
argument of perigee: 162.0641°
revolutions per day: 11.48597782
mean anomaly at epoch: 204.5815°

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

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