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  2. Spaceborne Imaging Radar - Wikipedia

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    Once from the Space Shuttle Endeavour in April 1994 on and again in October 1994 on . The radar was run by NASA's Space Radar Laboratory. SIR utilizes 3 radar frequencies: L band (24 cm wavelength), C band (6 cm) and X band (3 cm), [1] allowing for study of geology, hydrology, ecology and oceanography. Comparing radar images to data collected ...

  3. STS-99 - Wikipedia

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    STS-99 launches from Kennedy Space Center, 11 February 2000. The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) was an international project spearheaded by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (now the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency), an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense, and NASA, with participation of the German Aerospace ...

  4. Shuttle Radar Topography Mission - Wikipedia

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    The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission is an international project spearheaded by the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency , an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration . NASA transferred the SRTM payload to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in 2003; the canister ...

  5. List of Earth observation satellites - Wikipedia

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    True color image of the Earth from space. This image is a composite image collected over 16 days by the MODIS sensor on NASA’s Terra satellite. NASA Earth science satellite fleet as of September 2020, planned through 2023. Earth observation satellite missions developed by the ESA as of 2019. Earth observation satellites are Earth-orbiting ...

  6. STS-64 - Wikipedia

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    Sixty-five groups from 20 countries made validation measurements with ground-based and aircraft instruments to verify LITE data. The LITE science program was part of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth. Carl Meade drifts over the payload bay. Mission Specialists Lee and Meade completed the 28th EVA of the Space Shuttle program on 16 Sept.

  7. STS-59 - Wikipedia

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    By 8 pm, the Space Radar Laboratory-1 experiments of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth were all activated and began their study of the earth's ecosystem. STS-59 ground controllers finished activating the Spaceborne Imaging Radar -C (SIR-C) and began processing its first images of the Earth, while engineers working with the X-Band Synthetic ...

  8. Shuttle pallet satellite - Wikipedia

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    The shuttle pallet satellite was a satellite bus designed to be deployed and then retrieved for return to Earth on NASA's Space Shuttle. It carried a variety of payloads both scientific and military in nature. It was made by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm and first flew in 1983. It was carried for the first time during the STS-7 mission and called ...

  9. STS-6 - Wikipedia

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    STS-6 was the sixth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 4, 1983, the mission deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite , TDRS-1 , into orbit, before landing at Edwards Air Force Base on April 9, 1983.