ERBS

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ERBS is classified as:

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NORAD ID: 15354

Int'l Code: 1984-108B

Perigee: 394.3 km

Apogee: 413.5 km

Inclination: 57.0 °

Period: 92.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 6774 km

RCS: 6.2097 m² (large)

Launch date: October 5, 1984
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

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).

1 15354U 84108B   22018.42963005  .00017413  00000-0  24399-3 0  9997
2 15354  57.0031  65.7328 0014179  88.8338 271.4347 15.56851175 57630

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC