ERBS
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ERBS (Earth Radiation Budget Satellite) was a NASA spacecraft launched in 1984 to study how energy from the Sun is absorbed, emitted, and redistributed in Earth's atmosphere and climate system.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earth observation satellite
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NASA spacecraft ⓘ |
| actualOperationalLife | over 20 years ⓘ |
| communicationBand |
S-band
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X-band ⓘ |
| contribution |
improved understanding of Earth’s energy balance
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provided long-term data sets for climate models ⓘ supported studies of ozone layer changes ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| deployer | Space Shuttle mission STS-41-G NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designLife | 2 years ⓘ |
| fullName | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument |
Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE)
NERFINISHED
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Measurement of Air Pollution from Satellites (MAPS) NERFINISHED ⓘ Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1984-10-05 ⓘ |
| launchPad | LC-39A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite | Kennedy Space Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Space Shuttle Challenger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mass | about 2450 kilograms ⓘ |
| missionEnd | 2005-08 ⓘ |
| missionStart | 1984-10-05 ⓘ |
| missionType |
Earth science
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climate research ⓘ radiation budget measurement ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitInclination | 57 degrees ⓘ |
| orbitPeriod | about 96 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitRegime | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| powerSource | solar panels ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
to measure how solar energy is absorbed, emitted, and redistributed in Earth’s atmosphere and climate system
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to study Earth’s radiation budget ⓘ |
| program | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reentryDate | 2023-01-08 ⓘ |
| reentryLocation | over the Bering Sea ⓘ |
| reentryType | uncontrolled reentry ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
atmospheric science
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climatology ⓘ remote sensing ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Earth Radiation Budget Satellite bus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spacecraftShape | box-shaped with solar arrays ⓘ |
| status | decommissioned ⓘ |
| studiedPhenomenon |
Earth’s radiation budget
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solar energy absorption by Earth ⓘ stratospheric aerosols ⓘ stratospheric ozone ⓘ thermal infrared emission from Earth ⓘ trace gases in the atmosphere ⓘ |
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