TacSat-6

{{Short description|American communications satellite}}

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{{Infobox spaceflight

| name = TacSat-6

| names_list =

| image = TacSat-6.jpg

| image_caption =

| image_size = 300px

| mission_type = Technology, Communications

| operator = Operationally Responsive Space Office,
SMDC

| COSPAR_ID = 2013-072M

| SATCAT = 39473

| website =

| mission_duration =

| spacecraft = TacSat-6

| spacecraft_type =

| spacecraft_bus = 3U CubeSat

| manufacturer = United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC)

| launch_mass = {{cvt|5|kg}}{{Cite web |title=NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2013-072M |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov}}

| dry_mass =

| dimensions =

| power =

| launch_date = 6 December 2013, 07:14:30 UTC

| launch_rocket = Atlas V 501 (AV-042)

| launch_site = Vandenberg, SLC-3E

| launch_contractor = United Launch Alliance

| entered_service =

| disposal_type =

| deactivated =

| last_contact =

| decay_date =

| orbit_reference = Geocentric orbit

| orbit_regime = Low Earth orbit

| orbit_periapsis = {{cvt|462|km}}

| orbit_apoapsis = {{cvt|889|km}}

| orbit_inclination = 120.50°

| orbit_period = 90.0 minutes

| apsis = gee

| insignia =

| insignia_caption =

| insignia_size = 200px

| programme = TacSat series

| previous_mission = TacSat-4

| next_mission =

}}

TacSat-6 is a U.S. military experimental technology and communication satellite. The Operationally Responsive Space Office (ORS) funded the launch that was performed by the United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC).

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The spacecraft was launched on 6 December 2013, at 07:14:30 UTC, on an Atlas V 501 launch vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base, SLC-3E.