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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   25338.64081690  .00001834  00000-0  10654-2 0  9997
2    12  32.8946 190.8521 1647171 154.9313 214.1287 11.48366657508955
Epoch (UTC): 04 December 2025 15:22:46
Eccentricity: 0.1647171
inclination: 32.8946°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 3287 km
right ascension of ascending node: 190.8521°
argument of perigee: 154.9313°
revolutions per day: 11.48366657
mean anomaly at epoch: 214.1287°
orbit number at epoch: 50895

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

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