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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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 00020U 59007A   25173.23139617  .00000528  00000-0  19975-3 0  9992
2 00020  33.3519 121.9110 1642999 285.2481  57.2862 11.60710999442758
Epoch (UTC): 22 June 2025 05:33:12
Eccentricity: 0.1642999
inclination: 33.3519°
perigee height: 508 km
apogee height: 3215 km
right ascension of ascending node: 121.9110°
argument of perigee: 285.2481°
revolutions per day: 11.60710999
mean anomaly at epoch: 57.2862°
orbit number at epoch: 44275

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

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