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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   24317.77242963  .00001960  00000-0  11224-2 0  9993
2 00012  32.9088 112.4612 1652708 268.8095  72.3511 11.47395588464496
Epoch (UTC): 12 November 2024 18:32:17
Eccentricity: 0.1652708
inclination: 32.9088°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3297 km
right ascension of ascending node: 112.4612°
argument of perigee: 268.8095°
revolutions per day: 11.47395588
mean anomaly at epoch: 72.3511°
orbit number at epoch: 46449

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

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