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Satellite:
Nimbus-6
Satellite details
Acronym
Nimbus-6
Full name
Nimbus-6
Satellite Description
6th flight unit of the Nimbus programme.
Main missions: cloud imagery, IR and MW profiling, introduction of limb sounding.
Substantial contribution to Earth radiation study and Atmospheric chemistry.
Mass at launch
586 kg
Dry mass
Power
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Global data available from NASA/GSFC.
Data from a few instruments available in real-time through the beacon.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
1100 km
ECT
12:00 desc
Space agency
NASA
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
12 Jun 1975
EOL
29 Mar 1983
Last update:
2015-07-28
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Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
Nimbus-6
Acronym
Full name
ERB
Earth Radiation Budget
ESMR
Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer
HIRS
High-resolution Infra-Red Sounder
LRIR
Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer
PMR
Pressure Modulator Radiometer
SCAMS
Scanning Microwave Spectrometer
THIR
Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer
TWERLE
Tropical Wind Energy-conversion and Reference Level Experiment
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Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
Nimbus-6
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed