| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Satmex 6 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Mexico |
| Operator/Owner | Satellites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (SatMex; Loral Global Alliance) |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -112.98 |
| Perigee (km) | 35776 |
| Apogee (km) | 35796 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000237214156940886 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.03 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.1 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 5456 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 2310 |
| Power (watts) | 12,690 (EOL) |
| Date of Launch | 27-05-2006 |
| Expected Lifetime | 15 yrs. |
| Contractor | Space Systems/Loral |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Guiana Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Ariane 5 ECA |
| COSPAR Number | 2006-020A |
| NORAD Number | 29162 |
| Comments | 36 C-band, 24 Ku-band; CONUS, NAFTA, South America, Hawaii, Caribbean |