SRTM
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The shuttle radar topography mission was a two week STS mission for creating high-res SAR topography maps of most of earths surface.
STS-99 | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[[Image:{{{mpatch_file}}}|240px]] | |||||||||||||
Mission patch | |||||||||||||
Spacecraft | |||||||||||||
{{{craft}}} | |||||||||||||
Objectives | |||||||||||||
Flight | STS-99 | ||||||||||||
Mission | SRTM | ||||||||||||
Duration | 10 days | ||||||||||||
Crew | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Experiments | |||||||||||||
SRTM, EarthKAM | |||||||||||||
Launch | |||||||||||||
Liftoff time | February 12, 2000 17:43 UTC | ||||||||||||
Launch complex | LC 39A | ||||||||||||
Launch center | KSC | ||||||||||||
Launch crew | Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele | ||||||||||||
Initial Orbit | |||||||||||||
Inclination | 57° (eq) | ||||||||||||
Perigee altitude | 220 km | ||||||||||||
Apogee altitude | 245 km | ||||||||||||
Landing | |||||||||||||
Landing time | February 22, 2000 23:23 UTC | ||||||||||||
Landing location | KSC Rwy 33 | ||||||||||||
Landing crew | Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele | ||||||||||||
Mass properties | |||||||||||||
{{{massprop}}} |
Getting SRTM data sets
SAR data sets are a good source if you are interested into making quality 3D terrains for Orbiter.
You can download SRTM data from this location. [1]
SRTM addons
There are currently no addons known, which allow you to recreate the SRT mission.