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STS-99 [SRTM]: Pre Launch Footage-German
- Video Tape only
- Title STS-99 [SRTM]: Pre Launch Footage-German
- Released: 20/01/1999
- Language German
- Footage Type
- Copyright ESA
- Description
This Video News Release provides pre-launch background footage on Gerhard Thiele and the STS-99 Mission, in A-roll / B-roll format. [German version]
On 31 January 2000, the Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on a mission to complete the most extensive topographic survey of the Earth's surface to date. The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) - on which ESA astronaut Gerhard Thiele is a crew member - will collect radar data, using a technique called SAR interferometry, providing scientists with a three-dimensional model of 80% of the planet's surface. These will be the first 3D maps of developing countries and large areas of sparsely populated desert and forest. Benefits will include improved forecasting of environmental conditions, increased navigational safety, help with urban planning and road construction.
The SRTM payload, a complex, double/twin radar system, is a joint project between NASA, NIMA (National Image and Mapping Agency), DLR (German Aerospace Centre) and ASI (Italian Space Agency).
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10:00:00 opening titles
10:00:53 menu
10:01:03 A-roll Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
10:03:08 A-roll ESA astronaut Dr. Gerhard Thiele
10:05:48 start of B-roll
10:05:58 SRTM Mission Graphics [NASA]
10:06:3 integration and testing of X-SAR radar and mast [NASA]
10:07:17 SRTM data processing and mission planning centre, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
10:07:33 Gerhard Thiele training
10:07:38 Clervoy, Nicollier and Thiele jog
10:07:50 Thiele microgravity training in gyroscope
10:08:22 Thiele trains in shuttle simulator with other STS-99 crew members
10:09:20 Thiele books and flies T38 jet at NASA
10:10:51 STS-59; Death Valley flythrough using radar results [NASA]
10:11:38 STS-68; Sahara Desert image using radar results [NASA]
10:12:35 dusk launch of shuttle [NASA]
10:13:47 night landing of shuttle [NASA]
10:14:40 interferogram Mt. Cameroon using SRL-1 and SRL-2 results
10:15:39 dynamic 3D map Mars surface [NASA]
10:16:23 Thiele interview
10:18:37 end
- Length 18:37:00
- Format BETACAM
- Commercial Use No
- Producer Jason Skriniar
- Executive Medialink International