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Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
Former American geophysical research satellite. Earth Radiation Budget Satellite was launched on October 5, 1984 aboard a Space Shuttle from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: attached to another object (Oct 5, 1984).
COSPAR 1984-108BNORAD 15354United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- ERBS
- Common name
- Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
- International designator
- 1984-108B
- NORAD catalog number
- 15354
- GCAT identifier
- S15354
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/122
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ERBS
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Ball Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- ERBS
Launch
- Date
- October 5, 1984 · 11:03 UTC
- Launch record
- 1984-108Success
- Rocket
- Space Shuttle
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 596 km
- Apogee
- 609 km
- Inclination
- 57.00°
- Status
- Attached to another object
- Status date
- October 5, 1984
- Last known active
- Oct 14, 2005
- End of operations
- Oct 14, 2005
Size
- Mass
- 2,245 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,100 kg
- Length
- 1.6 m
- Diameter
- 3.80 m
- Span
- 4.6 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q49687 (CC0).