Orion Specifications
Length – 31 feet 6 inches
Beam – 8 feet 6 inches
Draft – 2 feet 6 inches
Displacement – 6 tons
A unique, highly sophisticated, hydrographic survey vessel built for nearshore and coastal applications, Orion boasts many desirable survey vessel characteristics:
- Hull-mounted multibeam SONAR and state-of-the-art electronics for acquiring data to International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Special Order standards
- Moon pool mounting plug (housing the transducer array and the vessel-motion reference unit) placed in the optimal location for the vessel, based on extensive design modeling
- Fairing for the multibeam array designed into the moon pool plug to minimize acoustic interference across the transducer face
- Below-deck hydraulics and compressor to support a variety of commercial diving operations
- A-frame and davit attachments, large working deck, and open transom to support a variety of survey, sampling, and instrument deployment and recovery operations
- Jet drive system for safe and effective live-boating applications for underwater inspections, pipeline tracking, etc.
- Trailerable
Suite of primary survey components on Orion:
- R2Sonic 2024 and Reson 8125 multibeam echo sounder
- Knudsen 1612 echo sounder
- Applanix POS MV 320 vessel position and orientation system
- Odom digibar speed-of-sound profiler
- Seabird SBE 37SI CTD
- Hypack HYSWEEP, QPS QINSy, and Caris HIPS/SIPS data acquisition and post-processing software
- Real-time Kinematic (RTK) differential GPS (DGPS) base station and multiple data link options for high-accuracy horizontal and vertical control
Objective: Acquire bathymetric data to inform navigational safety concerns for the arrival of a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) coastal mapping vessel.