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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          26050.16428990 +.00000000 +00000-0 +32716-3 0 00009
2 00020  33.3444 331.8604 1638082 140.8523 232.2820 11.61831501    07
Epoch (UTC): 19 February 2026 03:56:34
Eccentricity: 0.1638082
inclination: 33.3444°
perigee height: 508 km
apogee height: 3205 km
right ascension of ascending node: 331.8604°
argument of perigee: 140.8523°
revolutions per day: 11.61831501
mean anomaly at epoch: 232.2820°

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

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