SRTM

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SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission) was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission that used radar interferometry to create one of the most detailed near-global digital elevation models of Earth’s land surface.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Earth observation mission
radar mapping mission
space mission
abbreviationFor Shuttle Radar Topography Mission NERFINISHED
collaboratingAgency ASI NERFINISHED
DLR NERFINISHED
NGA NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
coverage near-global land surface
dataFormat raster grid
dataPolicy publicly available
dataProduct SRTM DEM NERFINISHED
digital elevation model
dataRelease SRTM1
SRTM3 NERFINISHED
fullName Shuttle Radar Topography Mission NERFINISHED
horizontalResolution 1 arc-second
3 arc-seconds
approximately 30 meters
hostedBy NASA Earthdata NERFINISHED
USGS NERFINISHED
hostMission STS-99 NERFINISHED
inclination 57 degrees
instrumentType radar interferometer
landingDate 2000-02-22
latitudeCoverage 60°N to 56°S
launchDate 2000-02-11
launchPad Launch Complex 39A NERFINISHED
launchSite Kennedy Space Center NERFINISHED
missionDesignation STS-99 NERFINISHED
missionDuration 11 days
notableFor creating one of the most detailed near-global elevation models of Earth
operator NASA
orbitType low Earth orbit
primaryInstrument interferometric synthetic aperture radar
primaryObjective to acquire near-global digital elevation data of Earth
radarFrequencyBand C-band
X-band
relatedConcept digital elevation model
interferometric synthetic aperture radar
relatedMission TanDEM-X NERFINISHED
TerraSAR-X NERFINISHED
repeatCoverage single-pass interferometry
spaceAgency NASA
spacecraft Space Shuttle Endeavour NERFINISHED
spaceShuttleOrbiter Endeavour NERFINISHED
technique single-pass radar interferometry
timePeriod early 21st century
usedFor environmental monitoring
flood risk assessment
geomorphological studies
hydrological modeling
infrastructure planning
topographic mapping
verticalAccuracy on the order of 10 meters

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STS-99 acronym SRTM