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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          26131.04283329 +.00000000 +00000-0 +10670-3 0 00006
2 00020  33.3515  40.6601 1637841 214.4801 133.8000 11.61945858    04
Epoch (UTC): 11 May 2026 01:01:40
Eccentricity: 0.1637841
inclination: 33.3515°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3204 km
right ascension of ascending node: 40.6601°
argument of perigee: 214.4801°
revolutions per day: 11.61945858
mean anomaly at epoch: 133.8000°

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

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