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Location: Buckeye Ditch
(40.9104°N, 122.9517°W)
Time: 12:37:49
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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   25138.19272775  .00000730  00000-0  41769-3 0  9997
2    12  32.8961 176.5347 1649316 174.4128 187.7575 11.47727070728490
Epoch (UTC): 18 May 2025 04:37:31
Eccentricity: 0.1649316
inclination: 32.8961°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 3293 km
right ascension of ascending node: 176.5347°
argument of perigee: 174.4128°
revolutions per day: 11.47727070
mean anomaly at epoch: 187.7575°
orbit number at epoch: 72849

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

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