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(47.9344°N, 12.9346°E)
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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          26157.69051519 +.00000000 +00000-0 +16946-3 0 00001
2 00020  33.3464 304.7342 1637818 357.3002   1.9567 11.61963301    03
Epoch (UTC): 06 June 2026 16:34:20
Eccentricity: 0.1637818
inclination: 33.3464°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3204 km
right ascension of ascending node: 304.7342°
argument of perigee: 357.3002°
revolutions per day: 11.61963301
mean anomaly at epoch: 1.9567°

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

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