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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          26044.92186287 +.00000000 +00000-0 +38076-3 0 00001
2 00020  33.3449 350.7322 1638244 112.7472 265.4182 11.61821940    05
Epoch (UTC): 13 February 2026 22:07:28
Eccentricity: 0.1638244
inclination: 33.3449°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3205 km
right ascension of ascending node: 350.7322°
argument of perigee: 112.7472°
revolutions per day: 11.61821940
mean anomaly at epoch: 265.4182°

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

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