MRV Systems, LLC
MRV - Model Spray2 -Glider
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The Spray2 is the only commercially available version of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s (SIO) Spray2 glider, a next-generation autonomous underwater glider. Spray2™ improves on its predecessor, the Spray glider, via enhanced performance (endurance, range, speed), simpler sensor servicing and integration, larger payload volume with improved connection options, and removable wings and tailfin for easy shipment and field operations.
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- 1000 m depth rating
- Mass: 70 kg (154 lbs)
- Length: 2.2 m (87 in)
- Outer Diameter (pressure hull): 25 cm (9.75 in)
- Speed: 25+ cm/s (horizontal), 10+ cm/s (vertical)
- *Expect 500+ profiles to 1000m per mission
- *Expect 100+ day mission endurance
- Iridium® 9523 modem for data, command and control telemetry – RUDICS or SBD capable
- Available volume change: 1600cc (dV/V = 2.3%)
- Science sensor payload:
- Standard: SBE Glider Payload CTD (GPCTD)
- Supported: Seapoint chlorophyll fluorometer, SBE-63 dissolved oxygen, Nortek AD2CP
- Connection options for eight sensors with RS-232 communications
- Up to 1 Hz sampling frequency
- Small boat
- Research vessel
*Actual endurance and range will vary depending on sensor configuration, sampling rates, environment, and other operational parameters.