The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

Abstract

On February 22, 2000 Space Shuttle Endeavour landed at Kennedy Space Center, completing the highly successful 11-day flight of the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). Onboard were over 300 high-density tapes containing data for the highest resolution, most complete digital topographic map of Earth ever made. SRTM is a cooperative project between NASA and the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) of the U.S. Department of Defense. The mission was designed to use a single-pass radar interferometer to produce a digital elevation model (DEM) of the Earth's land surface between about 600 north and 560 south latitude. When completed, the DEM will have 30 m pixel spacing and about 15 m vertical accuracy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010831

Entities

People

  • Mike Kobrick
  • Tom G. Farr

Organizations

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • C Band
  • Calibration
  • Data Processing
  • Data Sets
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Payload
  • Space Based
  • Space Environments
  • Space Shuttles
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Topographic Maps
  • Topography
  • United States
  • X Band

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Geodesy
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites