ROV KIEL 6000
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Navigation and Sensors
Navigation:
- Motion Sensor VG700CA (Crossbow® Technology)
- Fluxgate Compass TCM2-50 (Precision Navigation®)
- Posidonia USBL-Transponder (IXSEA)
- ROV-Homer incl. Deep Marker Transponder (Sonardyne)
- Flasher (NOVATECH)
- Emergency Radiobeacon (NOVATECH)
Doppler Velocity Log (DVL):
- Workhorse Navigator 1200 (RD Instruments)
- Provides referential information of seafloor to the ROV for "Station Keep" and controlled maneouvering in the range of centimetres
- contains an altimeter with a range of 30 m
Forward-looking Sonar:
- MS 1000 (Kongsberg Maritime Ltd.)
- Range 400 m
- Resolution: ± 1 m
Depth Sensor:
- Digiquartz® (Paroscientific)
CTD-Sensor:
- FastCAT CTD SBE 49 (Sea-Bird Electronics Inc.)
