Geostationary
TDRS 6
Data Relay · NASA
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TDRS-6 watches over the Earth from a fixed point in geostationary orbit, acting as a relay tower for spacecraft that NASA can't reach directly with ground antennas. Its Ku-band links support everything from Hubble Space Telescope image downlinks to emergency audio from astronauts during extravehicular activities. A satellite that speaks for dozens of other satellites.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,216–22,267 mi (35,754–35,835 km)
- Inclination
- 14.2°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 22314
- Int’l designator
- 1993-003B
- Launched
- 1993
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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