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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   23337.10778508  .00000706  00000-0  39037-3 0  9990
2    12  32.9095 246.3145 1660379 244.7448  97.2217 11.45886714667397
Epoch (UTC): 03 December 2023 02:35:12
Eccentricity: 0.1660379
inclination: 32.9095°
perigee height: 553 km
apogee height: 3312 km
right ascension of ascending node: 246.3145°
argument of perigee: 244.7448°
revolutions per day: 11.45886714
mean anomaly at epoch: 97.2217°
orbit number at epoch: 66739

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

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