NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

STS-99

Launch Time
Fri Feb 11, 2000 17:43 UTC

Rocket

Space Shuttle Endeavour
NASA
Status: Retired
Price: $450.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 30,250 kN
Payload to LEO: 27,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,810 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 56.1 m

Vehicles

Kennedy SLF Runway 33

OV-105

Flight #14
434 day turnaround

Mission Details

STS-99

The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) was an international project spearheaded by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency and NASA, with the participation of the German Aerospace Center DLR. Its objective was to obtain the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of the Earth. SRTM consisted of a specially modified radar system that flew onboard Endeavour during its 11-day mission. This radar system gathered around 8 terabytes of data to produce high-quality 3-D images of the Earth's surface.

Total Mass: 13,154.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA

Stats

2000

11th orbital launch attempt

Space Shuttle

97th mission
1st mission of 2000
96th successful mission
72nd consecutive successful mission