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
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radar mapping mission ⓘ space mission ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratingAgency |
ASI
NERFINISHED
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DLR NERFINISHED ⓘ NGA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| coverage | near-global land surface ⓘ |
| dataFormat | raster grid ⓘ |
| dataPolicy | publicly available ⓘ |
| dataProduct |
SRTM DEM
NERFINISHED
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digital elevation model ⓘ |
| dataRelease |
SRTM1
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SRTM3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Shuttle Radar Topography Mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| horizontalResolution |
1 arc-second
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3 arc-seconds ⓘ approximately 30 meters ⓘ |
| hostedBy |
NASA Earthdata
NERFINISHED
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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
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X-band ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
digital elevation model
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interferometric synthetic aperture radar ⓘ |
| relatedMission |
TanDEM-X
NERFINISHED
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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
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flood risk assessment ⓘ geomorphological studies ⓘ hydrological modeling ⓘ infrastructure planning ⓘ topographic mapping ⓘ |
| verticalAccuracy | on the order of 10 meters ⓘ |
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