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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   24257.18438746  .00004661  00000-0  27060-2 0  9993
2    12  32.9109 325.5421 1654167 308.6282  37.7224 11.47098397700113
Epoch (UTC): 13 September 2024 04:25:31
Eccentricity: 0.1654167
inclination: 32.9109°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3300 km
right ascension of ascending node: 325.5421°
argument of perigee: 308.6282°
revolutions per day: 11.47098397
mean anomaly at epoch: 37.7224°
orbit number at epoch: 70011

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

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