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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          26038.04477968 +.00000000 +00000-0 +53654-3 0 00005
2 00020  33.3448  15.4858 1638325  75.8862 301.7698 11.61807632    03
Epoch (UTC): 07 February 2026 01:04:28
Eccentricity: 0.1638325
inclination: 33.3448°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3206 km
right ascension of ascending node: 15.4858°
argument of perigee: 75.8862°
revolutions per day: 11.61807632
mean anomaly at epoch: 301.7698°

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

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