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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          26133.36279888 +.00000000 +00000-0 +89560-4 0 00003
2 00020  33.3536  32.3084 1638008 226.9163 118.2370 11.61947156    05
Epoch (UTC): 13 May 2026 08:42:25
Eccentricity: 0.1638008
inclination: 33.3536°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3205 km
right ascension of ascending node: 32.3084°
argument of perigee: 226.9163°
revolutions per day: 11.61947156
mean anomaly at epoch: 118.2370°

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

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