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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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 00012U 59001B   23342.24986375  .00000319  00000-0  16544-3 0  9992
2 00012  32.9098 228.2795 1660348 271.8337  69.3687 11.45891772425409
Epoch (UTC): 08 December 2023 05:59:48
Eccentricity: 0.1660348
inclination: 32.9098°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3312 km
right ascension of ascending node: 228.2795°
argument of perigee: 271.8337°
revolutions per day: 11.45891772
mean anomaly at epoch: 69.3687°
orbit number at epoch: 42540

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

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