PN 5A – Jointing Operations
Friday, August 10, 2012
The TE SubCom Dependable maneuvers close to the buoy to recover the attached cable end.
--Photo by Brian Ittig
Recovering Cable from Buoy
Plan for Primary Node Installation. Node drawings courtesy of L-3 MariPro.
Plan for Primary Node Installation
Steady progress continues to be made on the installation of Primary Node 5A. Buoy operations have been completed and the ends of cable segments 5, 6, and 10 are onboard the TE SubCom Dependable for splicing into Primary Node 5A. Upon recovery of the cable ends to the installation vessel, the cables were tested and lengths balanced for deployment of the primary node to the target position at 2850 m water depth. Cable jointing operations for Segment 10 have been completed and are in progress for Segment 6. Jointing operations are scheduled for completion Friday evening and we anticipate deploying Primary Node 5A on Saturday, 11 August.
-- Brian Ittig, OOI RSN Marine Operations Manager, University of Washington, onboard the TE SubCom Dependable
PN 5A Installation Continues ...
Wednesday, August 08, 2012
As we continue to work about 245 km off the coast of Oregon, we are making steady progress on the installation of OOI RSN Primary Node 5A. ...
On Site to Install PN5A
Monday, August 06, 2012
Brian Ittig, the OOI RSN Marine Operations Manager at the University of Washington, reports from the TE SubCom Dependable ...
Transit to Node 5A
Saturday, August 04, 2012
According to Paul Hagstrom, the ship left the dock in Portland, Oregon, at 1300h PDT on Friday, August 3, and was crossing the Columbia River Bar at Astoria some 8 hours later. ...
Splicing Node PN1B into Segm ...
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Splicing of Primary Node PN1B into segment 3 was completed over night and finished by 9:00am this morning. ...
