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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          26017.66465632 +.00000000 +00000-0 +43448-3 0 00005
2 00020  33.3495  88.8538 1639418 326.6389  24.0621 11.61738616    05
Epoch (UTC): 17 January 2026 15:57:06
Eccentricity: 0.1639418
inclination: 33.3495°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3207 km
right ascension of ascending node: 88.8538°
argument of perigee: 326.6389°
revolutions per day: 11.61738616
mean anomaly at epoch: 24.0621°

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

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