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Vanguard 3 - Orbit
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Palomar Observatory;
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View from above orbital plane
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View from above satellite
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Ground track
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The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,
1 00020U 59007A 13168.44842979 .00000110 00000-0 51771-4 0 2450
2 00020 033.3438 279.9359 1681174 039.7081 331.5231 11.52686001934945
| Epoch (UTC): | 17 June 2013 10:45:44 |
| Eccentricity: | 0.1681174 |
| inclination: | 33.3438° |
| perigee height: | 508 km |
| apogee height: | 3291 km |
| right ascension of ascending node: | 279.9359° |
| argument of perigee: | 39.7081° |
| revolutions per day: | 11.52686001 |
| mean anomaly at epoch: | 331.5231° |
| orbit number at epoch: | 93494 |
The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,
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