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(37.7514°N, 90.2201°W)
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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   25343.59572668  .00001803  00000-0  10402-2 0  9994
2    12  32.8961 173.3881 1647198 181.1757 178.4580 11.48383148509526
Epoch (UTC): 09 December 2025 14:17:50
Eccentricity: 0.1647198
inclination: 32.8961°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3287 km
right ascension of ascending node: 173.3881°
argument of perigee: 181.1757°
revolutions per day: 11.48383148
mean anomaly at epoch: 178.4580°
orbit number at epoch: 50952

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

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