TDRS 6

Also called TDRS F

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General

Designation	22314 / 93003B
Launch date	13 Jan 1993
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	STS 54

C-band marketed by CCC

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 13 Jan 1993
1994	Jun 1996	46°W, inclined (reserve)
1 Jul 1996	Feb 1999	47°W
Feb 1999	Mar 2005	47°W, inclined
Jul 2005	Nov 2008	174°W, inclined
Dec 2008	Jan 2012	171°W, inclined
Mar 2012	May 2012	46°W, inclined
Jun 2012	Jan 2013	62.5°W, inclined
Feb 2013		46°W, inclined

Columbia Communications Corp. reached an agreement with NASA for commercial operations (C-band telecommunications) on this satellite. The satellite will be marketed as COLUMBIA/TDRSS AOR-II and will join two other NASA Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) satellites currently being operated by Columbia under and exclusive agreement with NASA.

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Lyngsat transponder loading

C-band EIRP coverage (dBW)
C-band G/T coverage (dB/K)

Specifications
S-band
C-band
Ku-band
C-band transponder frequency chart

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