Nimbus 6

{{Short description|Former U.S. meteorological satellite}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = Nimbus 6

| names_list = Nimbus F

| image = Nimbus 6.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| image_caption = Artist rendering of the Nimbus 6

| insignia =

| mission_type = Weather satellite

| operator = NASA

| COSPAR_ID = 1975-052A

| SATCAT = 07924

| mission_duration =

| spacecraft_type =

| spacecraft_bus =

| manufacturer = RCA Astrospace

| dry_mass = {{convert|585|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| launch_mass = {{convert|827|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| dimensions = {{convert|3.04|x|1.52|x|3.96|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| power =

| launch_date = {{start-date|12 June 1975, 08:12:01}} UTC{{cite web |url=https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/data/derived/launchlog.html |title=GCAT orbital launch log |first=Jonathan C. |last=McDowell |author-link=Jonathan McDowell |work=Jonathan's Space Page |access-date=November 7, 2023}}

| launch_rocket = Delta 2910 (577/D93)

| launch_site = Vandenberg, SLC-2W

| launch_contractor = McDonnell Douglas

| last_contact = {{end-date|29 March 1983}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/320 |title=Satellite: Nimbus-6 |work=OSCAR - Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review Tool |publisher=World Meteorological Organization |date=July 28, 2015 |access-date=June 17, 2018}}

| decay_date =

| orbit_reference = Geocentric

| orbit_regime = Low Earth orbit

| orbit_periapsis = {{convert|1093|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|1101|km|mi|sp=us}}

| orbit_inclination = 100,00°

| orbit_period = 107,30 minutes

| apsis = gee

| programme = Nimbus program

| previous_mission = Nimbus 5

| next_mission = Nimbus 7

}}

Nimbus 6 (also called Nimbus F) was a meteorological satellite. It was the sixth in a series of the Nimbus program.