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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          26040.28003888 +.00000000 +00000-0 +45979-3 0 00001
2 00020  33.3450   7.4400 1638311  87.8661 290.7828 11.61812523    02
Epoch (UTC): 09 February 2026 06:43:15
Eccentricity: 0.1638311
inclination: 33.3450°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3206 km
right ascension of ascending node: 7.4400°
argument of perigee: 87.8661°
revolutions per day: 11.61812523
mean anomaly at epoch: 290.7828°

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

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