R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer¶
The Icebreaker class research vessel, R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, has 59 berths.
The vessel is a member of the United States Antarctic Program fleet and is operated by United States Antarctic Program (USAP).
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Internet and Voice systems¶
All Committed Information Rate (CIR) and Maximum Information Rate (MIR) units are in Kilobits Per Second (kbps).
When planning, one should plan for the CIR. MIR throughput typically only happens over a few seconds and should generally not be expected to last for very long.
Since most people tend to think in terms of MegaBytes, note that one MegaByte is 8192 kilobits.
| Service | System(s) | Purpose | Radome | Frequency | BUC Power | CIR shore-to-ship | CIR ship-to-shore | MIR shore-to-ship | MIR ship-to-shore | Blockage (%) | Circa | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet Xpress | FleetBroadband | backup Internet & Voice | Sailor 500 | L-band | 150 W | best effort | best effort | 432 | 432 | — | — | HiSeasNet |
| ↑ | Global Xpress | Internet & Voice | Sailor 100GX | Ka-band | 5 W | 1024 | 512 | 8192 | 4096 | — | >=2015 | HiSeasNet |