Nimbus 6

Nimbus 6 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 ;
Electrically [Scanning Microwave Radiometer] ;
High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder ;
Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer ;
Pressure Modulated Radiometer ;
Scanning Microwave Spectrometer ;
Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer ;
Tracking and Data Relay Experiment ;
Tropical Wind Energy Conversion and Reference Level Experiment.