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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          26039.33437481 +.00000000 +00000-0 +47641-3 0 00003
2 00020  33.3449  10.8439 1638320  82.7978 295.5202 11.61810304    09
Epoch (UTC): 08 February 2026 08:01:29
Eccentricity: 0.1638320
inclination: 33.3449°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3206 km
right ascension of ascending node: 10.8439°
argument of perigee: 82.7978°
revolutions per day: 11.61810304
mean anomaly at epoch: 295.5202°

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

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