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MD RTMM SV Deployment 2028

Tentative
Pelican

Pelican

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium · USA

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Planned routeMooring / vehicle

Planned route: 2 segments · ~25 hours steaming · 1 station

Operating area: US GoM, Approx. 130 nm SE of Cocodrie, LA

Route: To be confirmed → To be confirmed

May 31 – Jun 3, 20283 days at sea

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Project aboard

Deploy compound mooring with 3 m surface buoy that was previously recovered in May 2028.

People aboard

  • Eric Aronchick · Principal investigator

Party size: 4

Estimated vacant berths: 12

Equipment

Aboard the vessel

  • Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
  • Crane
  • Stern A-Frame
  • Navigation - Heading/Position
  • Meteorological Data
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range < 30m (e.g. 600kHz-1200kHz)
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
  • ADCP/UHDAS – range 500-750m (e.g. 75kHz)

Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · MFP reference 26/7064 · synced Sep 24, 2026