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  skos:definition """ERBS was part of the NASA's 3 satellite Earth Radiation Budget Experiment
(ERBE), designed to investigate how energy from the Sun is absorbed and
re-emitted by the earth. This process of absorption and re-radiation is one of
the principal drivers of the Earth's weather patterns. Observations from ERBS
are also used to determine the effects of human activities (such as burning
fossil fuels and the use CFCs) and natural occurrences (such as volcanic
eruptions) on the Earth's radiation balance. In addition to the ERBE scanning
and nonscanning instruments, the satellite also carried the Stratospheric
Aerosol Gas Experiment (SAGE II).

The ERBS was the first of three ERBE platforms which would eventually carry the
ERBE Instruments. Goddard Space Flight Center built the satellite and it was
launched by the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1984. The second ERBE Instrument
was aboard the NOAA-9 satellite when it was launched in January of 1985, and
the third was aboard the NOAA-10 satellite when it was launched in October of
1986. Although the scanning instruments on board all three ERBE satellites are
no longer operational, the nonscanning instruments are all presently
functioning.

Launch:  Launched: October 5, 1984
Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center

Orbit:  Altitude: 610 km
Inclination: 57 degrees
Period: 96.4
Non-Sun-Synchronous
Sun-Synchronous

Vital Statistics:  Power: 622 watts quiescent watts watts
Design Life: 2 years

Instruments:  ERBE (Earth Radiation Budget Experiment)
SAGE II (Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment)

Website: "http://nasascience.nasa.gov/missions/erbs"

[Summary provided by NASA.]


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      Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
      Short_Name: ERBS
      Long_Name: Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
   End_Group
   Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
      Short_Name: ERBS
   End_Group
   Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
      Short_Name: ERB-SCANNER
      Short_Name: ERB-NONSCANNER
   End_Group
   Group: Orbit
      Orbit_Altitude: 610 km
      Orbit_Inclination: 57 deg
      Period: 96.4
      Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Non-Sun-Synchronous
   End_Group
   Creation_Date: 2007-11-19
   Online_Resource: http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/erbe/erbs.html
   Online_Resource: http://nasascience.nasa.gov/missions/erbs
   Sample_Image: http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/erbe/erbssat.gif
   Group: Platform_Logistics
      Launch_Date: 1984-10-05
      Launch_Site: Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center, USA
      Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA
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