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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          26046.12514747 +.00000000 +00000-0 +34413-3 0 00002
2 00020  33.3447 346.4009 1638215 119.1980 258.2325 11.61823803    09
Epoch (UTC): 15 February 2026 03:00:12
Eccentricity: 0.1638215
inclination: 33.3447°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3205 km
right ascension of ascending node: 346.4009°
argument of perigee: 119.1980°
revolutions per day: 11.61823803
mean anomaly at epoch: 258.2325°

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

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