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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          26134.90955687 +.00000000 +00000-0 +86202-4 0 00002
2 00020  33.3549  26.7406 1638117 235.2064 108.3444 11.61947901    08
Epoch (UTC): 14 May 2026 21:49:45
Eccentricity: 0.1638117
inclination: 33.3549°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3205 km
right ascension of ascending node: 26.7406°
argument of perigee: 235.2064°
revolutions per day: 11.61947901
mean anomaly at epoch: 108.3444°

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

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