About the DeepSOLO™

The DeepSOLO^™ is the only commercially available version of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s (SIO) Deep SOLO float – ideal for the Deep Argo program mission.

Features

• Deep Argo program float, licensed from SIO
• 6000m depth rating
• Mass: 27kg (59.5lbs)
• Height (including antenna): 84cm (33.1in)
• Diameter (glass sphere pressure hull): 33cm (13in)
• Expect 250 Argo profiles with Lithium primary batteries
• Iridium® modem for telemetry, command and control
• SBE 61 Deep Argo CTD
• Passive bottom detector (wire rope)
• Available volume change: 650cc (dV/V = 2.4%)

Deployment Methods

• Ship
• Small boat