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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          26047.24242536 +.00000000 +00000-0 +39536-3 0 00001
2 00020  33.3445 342.3790 1638176 125.1878 251.3313 11.61826848    01
Epoch (UTC): 16 February 2026 05:49:05
Eccentricity: 0.1638176
inclination: 33.3445°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3205 km
right ascension of ascending node: 342.3790°
argument of perigee: 125.1878°
revolutions per day: 11.61826848
mean anomaly at epoch: 251.3313°

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

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