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8 May 2008: The Oregon State University, College of Oceanic & Atmospheric Science's 184-foot research vessel, R/V Wecoma, joined HiSeasNet on 6 May 2008 as it began passing traffic across the SatMex 5 beam 1 satellite following the installation of the SeaTel 6006 1.5m antenna. R/V Wecoma shares a 192kbps/64kbps link with R/V Point Sur and R/V Oceanus.

3 March 2008: Steve Foley (SIO) and Karl Kapusta (Comm Systems) recently completed administering the first ever HiSeasNet Tech Training course at WHOI. Foley and Kapusta spent four days, 25-28 February 2008, training 14 ship techs from URI, WHOI, and the University of Delaware on satellite communications, the HiSeasNet antenna systems and the data layer which connects the ships to the internet. (more)

 

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RV Endeavor with SeaTel antenna
R/V Endeavor with SeaTel antenna being installed; for more information, click here
HiSeasNet is a satellite communications network designed specifically to provide continuous Internet connectivity for oceanographic research ships and platforms. Access to the Internet is an integral part of nearly every research lab and office on land; extending this access to oceanographic ships--our seagoing laboratories--will broadly impact seagoing research activities. For the ships, HiSeasNet will provide:
  • Transmission of hot data in real-time to shore-side collaborators;
  • Basic communications-email, voice and video teleconferencing for scientists, engineers and crew at sea;
  • Tools for real-time educational interactions between shipboard scientists, teachers and the classroom, as well as informal science and other education and outreach activities.
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