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OAS platform Detail for SG004, meta_version: 0. Current meta_version is: 6
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platforms_id: 12040
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Name: SG004
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Comments: Size: Body 1.8 m, 30 cm diameter
Wing span 1m
Antenna mast length 1 m
Weight: 52 kg (dry)
Maximum Depth: 1000 m
Maximum Range/Duration: 4600 km (650 dives to 1km depth)
Batteries: Lithium primaries, 24V and 10 V packs, 10 MJ
Typical Speed: 25 cm/s
Glide Angle: 16-45 degrees
Mechanical Features: Isopyonal hull
No external moving parts
Low drag, flooded fiberglass fairing
RF Data Telemetry: Iridium satellite data telemetry
Guidance and Control: Control and system commands transmitted on
any dive. Dead reckoning between GPS fixes
using pitch, roll, heading. Kalaman filter
prediction for mean and oscillatory currents.
Bathymetry map for surface to near-bottom
dives.

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Keydate: 2013-09-17 12:57:48+00
Editdate: 2013-09-17 12:57:48+00