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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Project Description
The goal of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), a joint project of NASA, NIMA, and the German and Italian space agencies, is to map the world in three dimensions. In its 11-day mission on STS-99 in February 2000, SRTM collected an unprecedented 8.6 Terabytes of interferometric C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data (equivalent to about 14,317 CDs). This data will be processed to produce a rectified terrain-corrected mosaic of approximately 80% of the Earth's land surface topography (between 60 degrees North and 56 degrees South latitude) at 30-meter resolution. Aviation safety, coastal zone management, disaster management, homeland security, smart growth for infrastructure. LAUNCH: Launched: February 11, 2000 Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center ORBIT: Altitude: 233 km Inclination: 57 degrees Repeat Cycle: Mission duration: 11 days VITAL STATISTICS: Weight: 13,600 kg Size: Deployed mast length: 60 m Power: 902800 watts INSTRUMENTS: X-SAR SIR-C For more information on SRTM, see http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/ For more information on NASA's Science Mission Directorate, see http://nasascience.nasa.gov/ |
