TDRS 6

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite TDRS 6 at a glance.

Uptime

11751

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 1.0

Per day

Orbit

OTHER

Other

Inclination

14.2

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for TDRS 6.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: TDRS 6

International designator: 1993-003B

Object number (NORAD): 22314

Object ID (CCSDS): 22314

Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 1436.091 minutes

Inclination: 14.1715 deg

SMA: 42164.622 km

Apoapsis: 35813.809 km

Periapsis: 35759.164 km

RAAN: 0.4258 deg

Eccentricy: 0.000648

Argument of periapsis: 175.0949 deg

Mean anomaly: 33.5228 deg

Mean motion: 1.00272178 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000292 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: March 16, 2025, 6:26 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: March 16, 2025, 5:23 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 TDRS 6

TLE line 1: 1 22314U 93003B 25075.22452655 -.00000292 00000-0 00000+0 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 22314 14.1715 0.4258 0006480 175.0949 33.5228 1.00272178117780

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite TDRS 6.

Associated space launch

STS-54 was a Space Transportation System (NASA Space Shuttle) mission using orbiter Endeavour. This was the third flight for Endeavour and was launched on 13 January 1993.

TDRS 6 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-54’, on board a Space Shuttle space rocket.

The launch took place on Jan. 13, 1993, 1:59 p.m. from Launch Complex 39B.

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Launch to space Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-54
Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-54

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Jan. 13, 1993, 1:59 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Space Shuttle

Launch pad: Launch Complex 39B

Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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