Mission Description And In Flight Operations Of Erbe Instruments On Erbs Noaa 9 And Noaa 10 Spacecraft February 1986 Through January 1987

Author : National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781724300546
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Mission Description and In-Flight Operations of Erbe Instruments on Erbs, Noaa 9, and Noaa 10 Spacecraft written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instruments of the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) are operating on three different Earth-orbiting spacecraft. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) is operated by NASA, and NOAA 9 and NOAA 10 weather satellites are operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This paper is the second in a series that describes the ERBE mission, and data processing and validation procedures. This paper describes the spacecraft and instrument operations for the second full year of in-orbit operations, which extend from February 1986 through January 1987. Validation and archival of radiation measurements made by ERBE instruments during this second year of operation were completed in July 1991. This period includes the only time, November 1986 through January 1987, during which all ERBE instruments aboard the ERBE, NOAA 9, and NOAA 10 spacecraft were simultaneously operational. This paper covers normal and special operations of the spacecraft and instruments, operational anomalies, and the responses of the instruments to in-orbit and seasonal variations in the solar environment. Weaver, William L. and Bush, Kathryn A. and Degnan, Keith T. and Howerton, Clayton E. and Tolson, Carol J. Langley Research Center NASA-RP-1279, L-17069, NAS 1.61:1279 RTOP 665-45-20...