NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer VSAT dome. Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Galápagos Rift Expedition 2011. Download larger version (jpg, 1.0 MB).
NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer VSAT dome. Image courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Galápagos Rift Expedition 2011. Download larger version (jpg, 1.0 MB).
Unfortunately, the shore-side technicians now believe there is still a hardware problem with the VSAT. They may not be able to fix the problem remotely. The good news is that Telepresence Team Lead Webb Pinner has already been considering work-arounds to enable some limited capability. At 1430, he managed to re-route a much smaller high speed connection to shore. This enables one compressed video stream, real-time audio communications, and data transfer. While far from the full Telepresence capability that we planned for, this is a huge step.
