Nimbus 6 (also called Nimbus F) was a meteorological satellite. It was the sixth in a series of the Nimbus program.
Launch Nimbus 6 was launched on 12 June 1975, by a Delta rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. The satellite orbited the Earth once every 107,30 minutes, at an inclination of 100,00°. Its perigee was and its apogee was .
Instruments Earth Radiation Budget (ERB); Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR); High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS); Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer (LRIR); Pressure Modulated Radiometer (PMR); Scanning Microwave Spectrometer (SCAMS); Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer (THIR); Tracking and Data Relay Experiment (T+DRE); Tropical Wind Energy Conversion and Reference Level Experiment (TWERLE).
See also National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
References
External links Live Real Time Satellite Tracking and Predictions: Nimbus 6 N2YO.com