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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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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