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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          26083.59638429 +.00000000 +00000-0 +26661-3 0 00004
2 00020  33.3482 211.5090 1637913 320.0465  29.0158 11.61890010    07
Epoch (UTC): 24 March 2026 14:18:47
Eccentricity: 0.1637913
inclination: 33.3482°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3205 km
right ascension of ascending node: 211.5090°
argument of perigee: 320.0465°
revolutions per day: 11.61890010
mean anomaly at epoch: 29.0158°

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

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