Brightest
NORAD ID: 15354
Int'l Code: 1984-108B
Perigee: 491.2 km
Apogee: 516.4 km
Inclination: 57.0 °
Period: 94.5 minutes
Semi major axis: 6874 km
Launch date: October 5, 1984
Source: United States (US)
Comments: 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).
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 15354U 84108B 13140.01856025 .00007156 00000-0 31262-3 0 2242
2 15354 057.0197 339.6763 0018337 171.7982 188.3367 15.23038445569633
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for ERBS
