The Shuttle Radar Topography MissionOn 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 60 deg north and 56 deg south latitude. When completed, the DEM will have 30 m pixel spacing and about 15 m vertical accuracy. Two orthorectified image mosaics (one from the ascending passes with illumination from the southeast and one from descending passes with illumination from the southwest) will also be produced.
Document ID
20010012851
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Farr, Tom G. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)
Kobrick, Mike (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA United States)