TACSAT 6 is a payload in VLEO orbit, operated by US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC), launched 2013.
| Orbit class | VLEO |
| Inclination | 120.4600° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0053634 |
| Period | 91.8 min |
| Apogee | 397 km |
| Perigee | 325 km |
| Mean motion | 15.69340078 rev/day |
| RAAN | 217.6816° |
| Arg of perigee | 77.0062° |
| Mean anomaly | 283.7017° |
| B* | 9.4303e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 12,248 |
1 39473U 13072M 26188.11607794 .00122762 00000-0 94303-3 0 99912 39473 120.4600 217.6816 0053634 77.0062 283.7017 15.69340078122483{
"OBJECT_NAME": "TACSAT 6",
"OBJECT_ID": "2013-072M",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T02:47:09.134+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.69340078,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0053634,
"INCLINATION": 120.46,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 217.6816,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 77.0062,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 283.7017,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 39473,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 12248,
"BSTAR": 0.00094303,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00122762,
"MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.
| Name | TACSAT 6 |
| Operator | US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC)HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
| Country | |
| Launch date | |
| Launch mass (kg) | 4 |
//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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