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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    12U 59001B   23089.19598542  .00004098  00000-0  24427-2 0  9995
2    12  32.9011  35.7896 1660108  18.2631 347.0988 11.45310102638950
Epoch (UTC): 30 March 2023 04:42:13
Eccentricity: 0.1660108
inclination: 32.9011°
perigee height: 555 km
apogee height: 3315 km
right ascension of ascending node: 35.7896°
argument of perigee: 18.2631°
revolutions per day: 11.45310102
mean anomaly at epoch: 347.0988°
orbit number at epoch: 63895

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

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