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ERBS satellite  

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  • The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) was a NASA scientific research satellite. The satellite was one of three satellites in NASA's research program, named Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE), to investigate the Earth's radiation budget. The satellite also carried an instrument that studied stratospheric aerosol and gases. ERBS was launched on October 5, 1984, by the Space Shuttle Challenger during the STS-41-G mission and deactivated on October 14, 2005. It re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on January 8, 2023, over the Bering Sea near the Aleutian Islands. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Radiation_Budget_Satellite)

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-XHFD1G9V-T

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