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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />NOAA has approved the code for the vessel <a href='http://admin.ices.dk/requests/Default.aspx?id=10506' target='_blank'>Benjamin</a> from UNITED STATES.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : ThomasRyan (thomas.ryan@noaa.gov)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 33X0
<br />Name : <a href='http://admin.ices.dk/requests/Default.aspx?id=10506' target='_blank'>Benjamin</a>
<br />Flag : UNITED STATES - US (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 3C surface gliders
<br />Commissioned Date : 2011
<br />Built : 2011
<br />Notes : Wave Glider operated by Liquid Robotics Inc. that participated in PacX. No serial number issued for these specially made V2 gliders.
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<br /><b>Additional Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/liquid-robotics-awarded-guinness-world-record-for-pacx-journey-across-the-pacific-1792192.htm
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<br /> - http://liquidr.com/news_events/press/2013/2013-05-15-guinness-world-record.html
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<br /> - http://liquidr.com/index.html
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<br /> - http://pacxdata.liquidr.com/
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<br /> - http://slab.liquidr.com/fetch/
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<br /><b>General Comments:</b>
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<br />Constantine Tikhoniouk from Liquid robotics in Sunnyvale Calif. has confirmed that the 4 wave gliders, Bejamin, Papa Maru, Piccard Maru and Fontaine Maru, "were specifically manufactured for the PacX event and they were not serialized in a typical fashion that our production vehicles are. All four vehicles were manufactured in Sunnyvale in the year 2011."
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<br />(Marilynn Sorensen 15/04/2014 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Size - Float 2083mm x 597mm Umbilical 5.8m or 4m length Sub-surface glider 1969mm x 1125mm Batter ies - Lithium, 665 Wh Typical Speed - 1.7 kts Mechanical Features - Float containing forward and aft payload bays, solar panels, Command&Control Unit and communications radome. Guidance and Contr ol - Remotely piloted via Iridium. Position information via GPS. Owned and operated - Liquid Robo tics Inc. 1329 Moffett Park Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA
<br />(ThomasRyan 27/11/2013 00:00:00)<br />
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<br />Kind regards,
<br />The ICES Data Centre
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<br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
<br />Email: accessions@ices.dk
<br />Web: http://www.ices.dk
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<br />Tel: +45 3338 6718         Fax: +45 3393 4215
<br />H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46
<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark
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<br /><a href="http://admin.ices.dk/requests" target="_new">ICES Platform Code Requests Application</a>
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<br /></p><p><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Platform Code Requests Application</p>
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