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TacSat-6
U.S. military technology demonstration and communications nanosatellite. TacSat-6 was launched on December 6, 2013 aboard a Atlas V 501 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 21, 2026).
COSPAR 2013-072MNORAD 39473United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tacsat-6
- Common name
- TacSat-6
- International designator
- 2013-072M
- NORAD catalog number
- 39473
- GCAT identifier
- S39473
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- SMDC Cube
- Owner
- SMDC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Miltec Missiles and Space Co.
- Platform (bus)
- Cubesat 3U
Launch
- Date
- December 6, 2013 · 07:14 UTC
- Launch record
- 2013-072Success
- Rocket
- Atlas V 501
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC3E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/R
- Perigee
- 462 km
- Apogee
- 890 km
- Inclination
- 120.50°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 21, 2026
- Last known active
- January 2014
- End of operations
- 2020
Size
- Mass
- 4 kg
- Dry mass
- 4 kg
- Length
- 0.3 m
- Diameter
- 0.10 m
- Span
- 0.3 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q106696146 (CC0).