Slocum G3 Glider
The Slocum Glider is a versatile ocean glider, designed to carry a variety of payloads. The underwater glider provides flexibility and efficiency in ocean observation. Its modularity and advanced propulsion system make it ideal for a wide range of oceanographic missions, ensuring optimal data collection and sensor integration.
Key Features:
- Modular Design: Features a dry modular center payload bay and wetted bays in the bow and stern for flexible sensor integration.
- Energy Efficient: Buoyancy propulsion system enables long-range and extended-duration water column observation.
- Versatile Applications: Suitable for academic and commercial use, with over 40 sensors and options available.
- Remote Operation: Can be deployed and recovered from any size vessel with minimal time on station and controlled globally via web-based piloting tools.
- Rapid Reconfiguration: Modular design allows for quick sensor adjustments to respond to emergency conditions or specific sampling requirements.
Specifications:
| Deployment: | Versatile, deployment with 1-2 people. LARS options available. |
| Power: | Alkaline (A) / Rechargeable (Li) / Lithium (L) |
| Range: | 350-1200km / 700-3000km / 3000-13000km |
| Deployment Length: | 15-50 days / 1-4 months / 4-18 months |
| Depth Options: | (4 to 150m) or (40 to 1000m) operating depth range* |
| Navigation: | GPS, Pressure Sensor, Altimeter, Dead Reckoning |
| Communication: | RF Modem, Iridium (RUDICS), ARGOS, Acoustic Modem |
| Horizontal Speed: | Buoyancy Engine: 0.35 m/s (0.68 knot) Average, up to 0.5 m/s (1 knots) with full drive. Thruster: Up to 1 m/s (2 knots) |
| Mass: | 55 - 70kgs (dependent upon configuration) |
| Dimensions: | Vehicle Length: 1.5 meters; Hull Diameter 22 cm |
| * Modular buoyancy engine dependent. Note: Endurance and range dependent on sensors and mpling frequency, energy source and communications. | |
