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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   25168.03686885  .00000536  00000-0  30768-3 0  9995
2    12  32.9047  71.5145 1648944 332.2122  19.9105 11.47756074731923
Epoch (UTC): 17 June 2025 00:53:05
Eccentricity: 0.1648944
inclination: 32.9047°
perigee height: 554 km
apogee height: 3292 km
right ascension of ascending node: 71.5145°
argument of perigee: 332.2122°
revolutions per day: 11.47756074
mean anomaly at epoch: 19.9105°
orbit number at epoch: 73192

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

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