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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          26041.05373832 +.00000000 +00000-0 +42488-3 0 00008
2 00020  33.3451   4.6551 1638306  92.0130 286.8041 11.61813964    05
Epoch (UTC): 10 February 2026 01:17:22
Eccentricity: 0.1638306
inclination: 33.3451°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3206 km
right ascension of ascending node: 4.6551°
argument of perigee: 92.0130°
revolutions per day: 11.61813964
mean anomaly at epoch: 286.8041°

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

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