User: anonymous   Login
Location: Unspecified
(0.0000°N, 0.0000°E)
Time: 15:26:47
(UTC+00:00)
Language:

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 data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 00020U 59007A   23270.27214153  .00001181  00000-0  47954-3 0  9995
2 00020  33.3405 234.2673 1656326 141.6364 231.4506 11.57838988369167
Epoch (UTC): 27 September 2023 06:31:53
Eccentricity: 0.1656326
inclination: 33.3405°
perigee height: 508 km
apogee height: 3242 km
right ascension of ascending node: 234.2673°
argument of perigee: 141.6364°
revolutions per day: 11.57838988
mean anomaly at epoch: 231.4506°
orbit number at epoch: 36916

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

DLR