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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          26039.16243228 +.00000000 +00000-0 +47713-3 0 00008
2 00020  33.3448  11.4628 1638324  81.8763 296.3672 11.61809854    09
Epoch (UTC): 08 February 2026 03:53:54
Eccentricity: 0.1638324
inclination: 33.3448°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3206 km
right ascension of ascending node: 11.4628°
argument of perigee: 81.8763°
revolutions per day: 11.61809854
mean anomaly at epoch: 296.3672°

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

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