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NASA’s retired Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere after almost 40 years in space.

The @DeptofDefense currently predicts reentry at approximately 6:40 pm EST on Jan. 8.
https://go.nasa.gov/3Iv7Iz3
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Retired NASA Earth Radiation Budget Satellite to Reenter Atmosphere

After almost four decades in space, NASA’s retired Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere in early January.
Joe Atkinson (NASA)
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in reply to NASA

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Thank you for your service ERBS!

Somewhere around 235,000 orbits of the earth if it's doing 16 laps a day?

Wow, did it really travel >5B miles? It's crazy it's traveling distances comparable to voyagers just 'running laps around the house' instead of into the great unknown.

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