2 thousand 450 kg ‘trouble’ will fall on earth today
A satellite of the American space agency NASA, about 38 years old, is about to enter the Earth’s atmosphere today. Its name is Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS). It was launched to measure the radiation energy of the earth. It has been retired from satellite service. NASA has told that most of the satellite will end before entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Some pieces may fall to the ground as debris. According to Indian time, this 2450 kg satellite can enter the Earth’s atmosphere in the early hours of today. By the time the news is written, it will have entered the Earth’s atmosphere, although it may take more or less 17 hours.
The US Department of Defense had predicted that the satellite would enter the Earth’s atmosphere at around 5:10 am Indian time today i.e. Monday, although it is expected to burn up completely in the sky as soon as it enters the atmosphere. In a statement, NASA said that our team expects that most parts of the satellite will burn. Some components may remain. There is very little risk of it doing any damage to the earth.
NASA’s retired Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere after almost 40 years in space.
— NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) January 6, 2023
The @DeptofDefense currently predicts reentry at approximately 6:40 pm EST on Jan. 8.https://t.co/3VKDIqDh0X pic.twitter.com/WDpxOC3Hl4
During its mission, ERBS did a great job of studying how Earth absorbs and radiates energy from the Sun. This satellite was launched on 5 October 1984 in the Low Earth Orbit. It was part of NASA’s three-satellite Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) mission. The spacecraft carried three instruments. Two of these were to measure the Earth’s radiative energy, while the third was fitted to measure stratospheric components.
The US Department of Defense has told that this satellite will pass through several continents. First it will travel through Africa, Asia, Middle East and then North and South America. The special thing is that the satellite
It was launched only for 2 years to give information about earth radiation. The satellite worked till the year 2005 instead of 2 years.
