Earth Radiation Budget Satellite spacecraft
NASA Earth-observing spacecraft designed to investigate how energy from the Sun is absorbed and re-radiated by Earth as part of the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment; launched in 1984 and retired in 2005 after one of NASA’s longest-running spacecraft missions.
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Identity
- Aliases
- ERBSEarth Radiation Budget SatelliteERBS spacecraft
- Family Name
- ERBS
- Full Name
- Earth Radiation Budget Satellite spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterobservatoryearth_observationresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA Earth-observing spacecraft designed to investigate how energy from the Sun is absorbed and re-radiated by Earth as part of the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment; launched in 1984 and retired in 2005 after one of NASA’s longest-running spacecraft missions.
- First Flight Year
- 1,984
- Last Flight Year
- 2,005
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/erbs/
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- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 05:13:51 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 18:13:01 UTC