NORAD ID: 15354 Int'l Code: 1984-108B
Perigee: 501.7 km
Apogee: 526.9 km
Inclination: 57.0 °
Period: 94.8 minutes
Semi major axis: 6,885.3 km
Launch date: October 5, 1984
Source: United States (US)
Comments: The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was designed to be a 2-year mission to gather required radiation budget data, aerosol data, and ozone data to assess climate change and ozone depletion. The two experiments conducted were the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) and the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II).
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