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Nimbus-7, also called Nimbus-G, was launched on Oct. 24, 1978, by a Delta rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) experiment on the Nimbus-7 satellite was a multipurpose experiment used to measure solar irradiance, Earth's reflected solar radiation, and Earth's emitted longwave radiation.
Type
Earth Observation Satellite
Launch
Oct. 24, 1978
Objective
Measure solar irradiance
Instruments Aboard Nimbus-7
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