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OAS platform Detail for SG157, meta_version: 2. Current meta_version is: 3
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platforms_id: 12440
Title:
Name: SG157
ICES Code:
Callsign:
Countries: UNITED STATES
Comments: Name : SG157
Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code)
Platform Class : 27 sub-surface gliders (buoyancy-based propulsion capable at variable depths not constrained to be near sea surface)
Current Length : 1.8 m
Built : unknown
Notes : Underwater Seaglider glider (number 157) operated by Oregon State University.

Additional information:
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.

Submitted to ICES 2015-03-25
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 2
Keydate: 2014-12-30 13:12:22+00
Editdate: 2015-03-25 20:39:43+00