STS-99 Mission Report

First SRTM image
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: Feb. 12, 2000

White Sands, New Mexico
The first image has been released from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. It shows White Sands, New Mexico. Photo: German Space Agency
 

Flight data file
Vehicle: Endeavour (OV-105)
Payload: SRTM
Launch date: Feb. 11, 2000
Launch window: 1730-1940 GMT (12:30-2:40 p.m. EST)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Landing date: Feb. 22, 2000
Landing time: 2151 GMT (4:51 p.m. EST)
Landing site: SLF, KSC
Crew: Kregel, Gorie, Kavandi, Voss, Mohri, Thiele
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