Lander Lab: Technologies, Strategies and Use of Ocean Landers
can choose from a suite of release mechanisms to suit the mission profile. On return to the surface, the vehicle becomes a spar buoy. It’s top most structure is raised out of the water, providing a line-of-sight to the ship for a radio and strobe light, or to the sky for a satellite tracking system. A flag is always a good thing, and reflective tape can help with a searchlight at night. We always add a tag for someone to contact the lander’s owner should it go AWOL. Davy Jones can be such a prankster.Figure 3. Then-and-Now. Munk/Snodgrass Deepsea
Sourcing Seismic with Subsea Swarms
lot less carbon emissions, which is important now.”Illingworth has a background in developing start-up technology companies. Born in the UK, he moved to Australia where he founded and sold computer software firm SmartTrack in the early 2000s. Illingworth went on to work in telecommunications, satellite tracking and then petrophysical data evaluation before co-founding Blue Ocean Monitoring, a Perth, Australia-based start-up, in 2014, with co-founder and chief technology officer Ben Hollings, whose background is in maritime robotics development. Blue Ocean Monitoring’s focus is using robotics
Israel Says It Tracked Down the Ship Linked to Recent Oil Spill
showed. It next reported its position with a destination of Mersin in Turkey on Feb. 3, showing a gap between Feb. 1 and 3.The vessel did not report any destinations in Syria, though it is also common for ships to conceal movements there.An international convention requires merchant ships to have a satellite tracking device on board when travelling at sea. But a ship's captain has the discretion to switch the transponder off under certain circumstances, enabling them to avoid detection.The Israeli environmental protection ministry said it had collected strong "circumstantial evidence" that
Tracking Ship Emissions from Space
A new ground-breaking study by University College London (UCL) Energy Institute, Imperial College and the University of Oxford shows how satellite tracking could be used to monitor compliance with the upcoming IMO 0.5% sulfur emission regulations and Emission Control Areas (ECA).Research conducted by their own researchers, UCL Energy and the University of Oxford and published today in Geophysical Research Letters, has unveiled discoveries that appear important on many levels for they describe the impact of shipping emissions on the climate: because fossil fuel emission particles from ships affect the
Multi-GNSS Vector Smart Antennas Launched
V133 all-in-one smart antennas with integrated Atlas L-band designed for professional and commercial marine applications. Powered by Hemisphere's Crescent Vector technology, the new V123 and V133 are multi-GNSS compass systems using GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, and QZSS for simultaneous satellite tracking to offer heading, position, heave, pitch, and roll. With support for NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000, and continuing to offer ease of installation, these Vector models continue to offer the exceptional value and performance Hemisphere is known for. The V123 and V133 thrive in Radar/ARPA, AIS, ECDIS
Severe Algal Bloom Predicted for Lake Erie
, field observations on water quality, algal biomass and toxicity will be collected by NOAA GLERL and CILER, the Ohio State University’s Sea Grant Program and Stone Laboratory, Heidelberg University, the University of Toledo, Ohio EPA, and LimnoTech. USGS will work with NASA in providing satellite tracking of the bloom as well. These results will provide valuable information to regional managers and assist NCCOS scientists in further refining the accuracy of this year’s forecast models. The Lake Erie forecast is part of a NOAA ecological forecasting initiative that aims to deliver
Intelsat, Kymeta Enter Satellite Tech Partnership
Corporation today announced an agreement to design and produce flat, electronically steerable, Ku-band satellite antenna solutions for the Intelsat EpicNG high throughput satellite (HTS) platform. The first Intelsat EpicNG satellite is expected to launch in late 2015. Kymeta’s flat and thin satellite tracking antennas will be designed to work with Intelsat’s satellite fleet, providing connectivity in sectors for which traditional antennas are not currently practical or feasible, including the maritime industry. The companies expressed hope that the technology will open new verticals
Navy-Funded Whale Tagging Study Begins
to continue documenting blue and fin whale distribution, occurrence and movement patterns along the U.S. West Coast and throughout the Eastern Pacific has begun, informs U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs. Oregon State University researchers will attempt to locate and attach up to 24 long-term satellite tracking tags to blue and fin whales off Southern California. The researchers will deploy from Santa Barbara or Long Beach, depending on reported sightings of blue and fin whales. The team's goal is attachment of 12 tags to blue whales and 12 tags to fin whales. These location-only tags can track
Gilat's Low-Profile Maritime Terminals Deployed in Combat Operations
modem. This tightly integrated terminal has a very small footprint, and can be easily installed even in small and unmanned surface vessels (USV), where size, weight and power (SWaP) limitations are most challenging. The RaySat low-profile antennas also include an enhanced accuracy satellite tracking mechanism, providing short initial acquisition and instantaneous re-acquisition time. Its innovative, low-profile design provides better safety, smaller radar cross-section and improved maneuverability for military forces. "Gilat's marine terminals were developed to accommodate our
February 2024
