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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          26108.10063523 +.00000000 +00000-0 +13479-3 0 00009
2 00020  33.3391 123.2741 1637393  91.4570 287.3327 11.61924474    05
Epoch (UTC): 18 April 2026 02:24:54
Eccentricity: 0.1637393
inclination: 33.3391°
perigee height: 508 km
apogee height: 3204 km
right ascension of ascending node: 123.2741°
argument of perigee: 91.4570°
revolutions per day: 11.61924474
mean anomaly at epoch: 287.3327°

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

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