Shuttle Imaging Radar

Shuttle Imaging Radar-C / X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar

past Mission

Type

Instrument

Launch

April 9, 1994

Target

Earth

Objective

Image Earth in three different wavelengths

An instrument that collected data on terrestrial soil moisture content, ocean dynamics, volcanism, tectonics, soil erosion, and desertification, Shuttle Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) flew on two space shuttle Endeavour missions and was a cooperative project of NASA and the German and Italian space agencies. SIR-C was part of the NASA Spaceborne Imaging Radar program that included Seasat, SIR-A, SIR-B, SIR-C, and SRTM.

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