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OAS platform Detail for Benjamin
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platforms_id: 12057
Title:
Name: Benjamin
ICES Code: 33X0
Callsign:
Countries: UNITED STATES
Comments: Updated information from ICES for the vessel Benjamin from UNITED STATES.

Name : Benjamin
Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code)
Platform Class : 3C surface gliders
Commissioned Date : 2011
Current Length : 2
Notes : Wave Glider operated by Liquid Robotics Inc. that participated in PacX

Additional Information Sources:
- http://liquidr.com/news_events/press/2013/2013-05-15-guinness-world-record.html
- http://liquidr.com/index.html
- http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/liquid-robotics-awarded-guinness-world-record-for-pacx-journey-across-the-pacific-1792192.htm
- http://pacxdata.liquidr.com/

General Comments:
Size - Float 2083mm x 597mm
Umbilical 5.8m or 4m length
Sub-surface glider 1969mm x 1125mm
Batteries - Lithium, 665 Wh
Typical Speed - 1.7 kts
Mechanical Features - Float containing forward and aft payload bays, solar panels, Command&Control Unit and communications radome.
Guidance and Control - Remotely piloted via Iridium. Position information via GPS.

Owned and operated:
Liquid Robotics Inc.
1329 Moffett Park Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
USA

Submitted to ICES on 2013-11-27.
Confirmed by NOAA on 2014-05-12.
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 5
Keydate: 2013-11-26 19:36:07+00
Editdate: 2022-07-02 16:20:35+00