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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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R/V Endeavor with SeaTel antenna being
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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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