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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          26049.04714715 +.00000000 +00000-0 +35568-3 0 00005
2 00020  33.3445 335.8822 1638126 134.8628 239.7302 11.61829827    07
Epoch (UTC): 18 February 2026 01:07:53
Eccentricity: 0.1638126
inclination: 33.3445°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3205 km
right ascension of ascending node: 335.8822°
argument of perigee: 134.8628°
revolutions per day: 11.61829827
mean anomaly at epoch: 239.7302°

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

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