Covert Data Delivery System For Sub-Surface Oceanographic Moorings

    公开(公告)号:US20220111943A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-14

    申请号:US17500144

    申请日:2021-10-13

    摘要: A system and method for sending instrument data from a sub-surface activity, such as data collection by one or more sensors, to another location, e.g., a satellite, a ground-based location, a vessel, etc., with minimal time exposure and minimal visibility of any system components at the water surface. Exemplary embodiments include a motorized payout-and-retrieval system or device, an air injection device, and a water-level sensor with automation control that together can be used to move a vessel, connected to an antenna, from a position in the water column in which the antenna is below the surface to a higher position in which the antenna is at or above the surface for data transmission.