{"id":649,"date":"2019-07-02T12:33:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T16:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/?page_id=649"},"modified":"2019-07-02T12:43:35","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T16:43:35","slug":"release-module","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/system-components\/components-specifications\/release-module\/","title":{"rendered":"Release Module"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h1>Release Module<\/h1>\n<h3>Principal release components<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Benthos SM-100 smart release. The SM-100 is an acoustic release combined with an underwater modem.<\/li>\n<li>Benthos 865-H load multiplier. Release capacity = 50,000 pounds.<\/li>\n<li>Bottom sensing altimiter = Benthos PSA-916 200 Khz. Sonar altimeter. The altimeter is deployed on a telescoping pole with a maximum reach of 3.5 meters from center of release dish.<\/li>\n<li>Manufacturer of these components Teledyne Benthos Undersea Systems and Equipment<br \/>\nNorth Falmouth, MA<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.benthos.com\/\">http:\/\/www.benthos.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Bottom contact winch and drop weight controlled by SM-100 modem. The contact weight is used to calibrate and confirm data received from the altimeter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2019\/07\/15L_62402.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2019\/07\/15L_62402.jpg\" alt=\"Top view of release module\" height=\"461\" width=\"600\" title=\"15L_62402\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tTop view of release module. Components are housed in a 60? diameter stainless steel elliptical dish. Modem electronics, hi-powered battery pack and retracted altimeter boom are visible.\n\t<h3>Top view of release module<\/h3>\n<p>Components are housed in a 60\u201d diameter stainless steel elliptical dish.Modem electronics, hi-powered battery pack and retracted altimeter boom are visible.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2019\/07\/16L_62407.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2019\/07\/16L_62407.jpg\" alt=\"Release module near surface during testing\" height=\"426\" width=\"600\" title=\"16L_62407\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tRelease module near surface during testing. The altimeter telescoping boom is near full extension.\n\t<h3>Release module near surface during testing<\/h3>\n<p>The altimeter telescoping boom is near full extension.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2019\/07\/17L_62410.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/80\/2019\/07\/17L_62410.jpg\" alt=\"Release module coupled to the corehead\" height=\"584\" width=\"600\" title=\"17L_62410\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tRelease module coupled to the corehead during the last phase of launch operations.\n\t<h3>Release module coupled to the corehead<\/h3>\n<p>during the last phase of launch operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Release Module Principal release components Benthos SM-100 smart release. The SM-100 is an acoustic release combined with an underwater modem. Benthos 865-H load multiplier. Release capacity = 50,000 pounds. Bottom sensing altimiter = Benthos PSA-916 200 Khz. Sonar altimeter. The altimeter is deployed on a telescoping pole with a maximum reach of 3.5 meters from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"parent":612,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/649\/revisions\/654"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/longcore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}