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Vanguard 3 - 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 is defined by the following mean orbital elements,

1 00020U          26140.92566542 +.00000000 +00000-0 +83401-4 0 00007
2 00020  33.3579   5.0875 1638376 267.4436  73.8409 11.61950661    02
Epoch (UTC): 20 May 2026 22:12:57
Eccentricity: 0.1638376
inclination: 33.3579°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3205 km
right ascension of ascending node: 5.0875°
argument of perigee: 267.4436°
revolutions per day: 11.61950661
mean anomaly at epoch: 73.8409°

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

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