Objectives and Applications
Earth radiation budget measurements.
Full Name
Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
05 Oct 1984
Mission Links
EOL Date
14 Oct 2005
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
96.3 minutes
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
57 deg
Orbit Altitude
585 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
ERBE - Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
| SAGE II - Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment-II |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | SAGE II |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | SAGE II |
| Atmospheric Winds | SAGE II |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | SAGE II |
| Ozone | SAGE II |
| Radiation budget | ERBE |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | SAGE II |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | SAGE II |