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Coverage dated January 8, 2023

NASA Confirms One Of Its Dead Satellites Just Fell Back To Earth

Headline from Forbes

NASA’s Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) is no more after almost four decades in orbit.

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  1. Forbes

    NASA Confirms One Of Its Dead Satellites Just Fell Back To Earth (opens Forbes)

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    NASA’s Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) is no more after almost four decades in orbit.

  2. Local News 8

    Dead NASA satellite returns to Earth after 38 years (opens Local News 8)

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    By Katie Hunt, CNN A defunct NASA satellite has fallen back to Earth after 38 years orbiting the planet. The Earth Radiation Budget Satellite, known as ERBS, was launched in 1984 aboard space shuttle Challenger.

  3. Gizmodo

    1980s NASA Satellite Crashes Back to Earth Over Bering Sea (opens Gizmodo)

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    Gizmodo's feed description

    The defunct Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) reentered the atmosphere after spending nearly four decades in low Earth orbit.

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