SEAEXPLORER 1000
High-Endurance, Modular Underwater Glider for Ocean Exploration down to 1,000 m deep
The SEAEXPLORER 1000 glider is designed to deliver industry leading performances and polyvalence for a wide range of oceanographic applications.
Its modularity, high-endurance and data reading reliability make SEAEXPLORER 1000 an ideal tool for the understanding of ocean health.
SEAEXPLORER GLIDER Extended-Endurance, Multi-Mission Stealth Drone
Reliable, High-Technology and Friendly Glider
By combining cutting-edge technology, ease of operation and reliability in collecting accurate data, the SEAEXPLORER 1000 is a reference for oceanographic research.
Versatile: with modular payloads, SEAEXPLORER 1000 gliders can be equipped with sensors adapted to each mission
Persistent: its rechargeable battery enables long endurance at sea and rapid return to the water between missions
Easy to handle: thanks to its light weight (less than 60 kg) and compact size (2m long), the SEAEXPLORER 1000 glider can be easily deployed an recovered at sea
days of continuous underwater navigation (max. range)
km travelled on a single mission (max. range)
Modular Payloads for a Wide Range of Missions
ALSEAMAR integrates a large number of scientific sensors on the SEAEXPLORER 1000, enabling payloads to be configured to suit the needs of each mission:
Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM): environmental noise, marine mammal monitoring
Biogeochemistry: ocean health and ecosystem monitoring, plakton, nutrient cycling, climate variability, etc.
Dissolved gas: ocean acidification, carbon cycle, natural seep detection, ocean oxygenation, etc.
Physical oceanography: water transformation, ocean currents, mixed layer depths, seasonal dynamics, storms, etc.
Technical Data
| Max. depth | 1,000 m |
| Wingspan | 56.5 cm wingless design |
| Body Size (without antenna) | 2,000 mm × Ø 250 mm |
| Weight | 59 kg |
| Endurance at max. depth | 125 days / 2,700 km |
| Communications | GPS / Satellite (Iridium) /Radio triple antenna |
| Navigation modes | Survey / Virtual mooring / Drifting / Propelled / Waypoint following / Bottoming |
| Architecture | 2 independent CPUs (Linux): payload & navigation |
| Safety | Autonomous drop-weight & strobe light Optional: Locator Pinger (ULB) and/or ARGOS |
| Options | Propellers, Backseat driving system |