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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          26135.08142491 +.00000000 +00000-0 +85845-4 0 00005
2 00020  33.3551  26.1221 1638128 236.1273 107.2707 11.61947979    09
Epoch (UTC): 15 May 2026 01:57:15
Eccentricity: 0.1638128
inclination: 33.3551°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3205 km
right ascension of ascending node: 26.1221°
argument of perigee: 236.1273°
revolutions per day: 11.61947979
mean anomaly at epoch: 107.2707°

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

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