Launch from Cape Canaveral (
KSC); landing on Cape
Canaveral (
KSC). The
launch was scrubbed on January 31, 2000 and on February 01, 2000 due to
technical problems.
Mission
SRTM
(Shuttle Radar Topography Mission). It was an international project spearheaded
by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency and
NASA,
with participation of the German Aerospace Center
DLR.
Its objective was to obtain the most complete high-resolution digital
topographic database of the Earth. The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission mast
was deployed successfully to its full length (200 feet), and the antenna was
turned to its operation position. The crew mapped an area from 60 degrees north
to 56 degrees south. Data was sent to Jet Propulsion Laboratory for analysis
and early indications showed the data to be of excellent quality.