Payload
NIMBUS 6
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
NIMBUS 6 is a United States payload satellite, launched on June 12, 1975 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 12, 1975 at 08:12 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Delta 2910 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Nimbus 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,112 km
- Periapsis
- 1,101 km
- Inclination
- 100°
- Orbital period
- 107.4 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 819.62 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1975-052A
- NORAD catalog №
- 7924
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 3.2315 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational