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V-SAT Antenna assembly

RRS Sir David Attenborough naming ceremony will take place on Thursday
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Whilst browsing I noticed the following short sequence of tweets the other day.

Note; some tweets carry interesting exchanges in the comments.


14th Sept

gm0hcq
@gm0hcq
Sep 14

An exciting day for me today as the V-Sat, which will provide all our comms needs on the RRS Sir David Attenborough, is unpacked and put together. It will be lifted into place next week....weather permitting! @BAS_News
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V-SAT Antenna assembly - (continued)


15th Sept

gm0hcq
@gm0hcq
Sep 15

Dome building has continued today. 6 petals on the base and 6 for the top. Tomorrow the completed top will be lifted into place and sealed with silicone, allowed to cure and then the complte dome will be lifted onto the main mast @BAS_News
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16th Sept

gm0hcq
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With all the electronices tested the top section of the dome is lowered into place. Lots of screws and silicon sealant and it is now fully waterproof and ready to be lifted onto the main mast of the RRS Sir David Attenborough @BAS_News
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....... and yes she will carry/operate 'Boaty McBoatface'
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... and there it is ... mounted on the mast - V-Sat in a dome!!


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3h3 hours ago

The most complex non-naval vessel constructed in the UK for many years - RRS Sir David Attenborough will be formally named by the Duchess of Cambridge at @CammellLaird today.

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The following excerpt is copied from the BAS NERC (British Antarctic Survey - Natural Environment Research Council) website.
Page titled BAS > Polar operations > Offices, labs and research facilities > ICT facilities



ICT facilities

About

RRS Sir David Attenborough will be equipped with enhanced satellite communications and data processing and storage systems to meet the increasing requirement for data-intensive operations (including operational forecasting).


Communications

The ship’s telephone and PA network, SeaQNet, is part of the BAS Cambridge network. This means that all telephones on the ship will have an internal BAS telephone number.

Communications will take place via VSAT satellite; the bandwidth will initially be 1.5-3 Mb/s, approximately double that available on RRS James Clark Ross.

Aboard ship, WiFi will cover all locations (including cabins) on Deck 3 and above, with some locations on Deck 2 also covered.


Scientific computing

The vessel will operate a system called SDANet, with a 10 Gb/s server connections and 1 Gb/s connections to desktop computers. Approximately 900 network ports will be distributed around the ship, and SDANet will be used for most communications with instruments aboard the ship.

There is uncommitted scientific wiring available on the ship for use in future applications.


Data displays

The RRS Sir David Attenborough will have a total of approximately 180 24-inch display screens distributed throughout the ship. This includes large video walls (2×2 and 4×3 screens), which can be used as a single large screen or split up, as well as 2- and 4-screen operator workstations in the main lab and winch control room. Each lab space will also have several display screens.

There will be more than 30 sources for these displays, including the ship’s navigation systems, bridge displays and scientific computers.

The video walls and operator workstations have fibre optic cabling which allows for future upgrades to 4k usage. The single displays will initially operate using copper cabling which can support full HD (1920×1200) resolution and may also be upgradable to 4k.


Data management

While RRS James Clark Ross produces up to 3TB of data per research cruise, the new ship will have significantly more instruments and expanded scientific capability on board. As such, the amount of data generated is expected to be significantly greater, up to several 100 TB per cruise.

Data logging systems with sufficient capacity for logging information from stream-based devices such as meteorological, oceanographic and navigational instruments will be installed on the ship. There will also be a central file server for instruments such as swath bathymetry, fisheries echosounders and the ADCP.
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6:35 am - 6 Aug 2018

OmniAccess SL on Twitter
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OmniAccess provides VSAT capability to the RRS Sir David Attenborough. Our team of field engineers will soon travel to Cammell Laird shipyard to install a state of the art dual band VSAT antenna, plus our bandwidth orchestration tool Plexus Controller. @BAS_News
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Well done and thank you very much Harry for all the hard work and time you have put into this thread , we are all very grateful , and hope that you will continue to keep this vessel under your wing , and keep us updated please .[as it seems only you know what half these high flying gizmo's are for and capable of ;) ]

This is an area you have a proven track record on so more than happy to let you lose on it :oops: .....well done mate .
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