Nimbus 6 (also called Nimbus G) was a meteorological satellite. It was the sixth in a series of the Nimbus program. The satellite contained 9 instruments:

1) Earth Radiation Budget (ERB)
2) Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR)
3) High-Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS)
4) Limb Radiance Inversion Radiometer (LRIR)
5) Pressure Modulated Radiometer (PMR)
6) Scanning Microwave Spectrometer (SCAMS)
7) Temperature-Humidity Infrared Radiometer (THIR)
8) Tracking and Data Relay Experiment (T+DRE)
9) Tropical Wind Energy Conversion and Reference Level Experiment (TWERLE)