The Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) program involves a constellation of three satellites, the Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) and the NOAA-F and NOAA-G operational meteorological satellites. The program will be initiated by the launch of the ERBS from Shuttle Orbiter 41-G, scheduled for October 5, 1984. The NOAA-F spacecraft will be launched no earlier than November 8, 1984, from the Western Space and Missile Center at Vandenberg AFB in California by an Atlas launch vehicle. NOAA-F and NOAA-G are Tiros-class operational spacecraft for the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. NOAA-G will be launched in the late 1985 or early 1986 timeframe. ERBE is a major element of the National Climate Research Program. It will provide extensive global and diurnal measurements of the radiation balance that exists between the Sun, the Earth, and space. The data from ERBE will help improve our basic understanding of the physical processes which control climate and its variability on monthly, seasonal, and interannual time scales. The enclosed Mission Operation Report contains specific details pertinent to the ERBE mission. The ERBS, the NOAA-F, and the NOAA-G satellites all measure incident solar energy, reflected solar energy, and Earth-emitted energy. The ERBS also measures the radiation attenuation caused by atmospheric aerosols and gases with the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE II) instrument. The ERBS is the first NASA spacecraft designed and engineered specifically for use with the Shuttle Orbiter. The Goddard Space Flight Center is responsible for overall project management of the spacecraft and the tracking and data system. The Langley Research Center has system responsibility for providing the scientific instruments and the science management of the mission.


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    Title :

    Earth Radiation Budget Experiment Prelaunch Mission Operation Report


    Publication date :

    1984


    Size :

    35 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English