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The SRTM inboard and outboard antennas were separated by a mast which was 60 meters (200 feet) long. From the tip of the shuttle’s opposite wing to the edge of the outboard antenna, the shuttle and the SRTM instrument together measured 83 meters (272 feet). It is the largest rigid structure ever flown in space.
