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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          26073.79543251 +.00000000 +00000-0 +34117-3 0 00008
2 00020  33.3531 246.7874 1638552 267.5238  73.7607 11.61878020    07
Epoch (UTC): 14 March 2026 19:05:25
Eccentricity: 0.1638552
inclination: 33.3531°
perigee height: 507 km
apogee height: 3205 km
right ascension of ascending node: 246.7874°
argument of perigee: 267.5238°
revolutions per day: 11.61878020
mean anomaly at epoch: 73.7607°

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

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