Nimbus 6

Nimbus 6 (also called Nimbus G) was a meteorological satellite. It was the sixth in a series of the Nimbus program.

Launch
Nimbus 6 was launched on June 12, 1975, by a Delta rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. The satellite orbited the Earth once every 107 minutes, at an inclination of 100°. Its perigee was 1,093 km and its apogee was 1,101 km.

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)