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Liveblogs during sea campaigns for ARCA
15 September 2021 – after the recovery of two old detection units, already left disconnected after previous sea campaigns – the so-called PPM-DU (Pre-Production Model of Detection Unit), a 3-digital optical module unit used for qualification of the project in the sea as early as in 2014, and one of the first prototype full-size detection units deployed in spring 2016, the sea campaign of ARCA has been completed today.
14 September 2021 – the ARCA telescope is now enlarged with 3 new detection units.
13 September 2021 – Still a day packed of activities today!
12 September 2021 – there has been good progress in the operation so far!
11 September 2021 – operations are proceeding smoothly on Handin Tide.
10 September 2021 – In the evening of September 10, five new detection units of KM3NeT, onboard the Handin Tide, will sail from Malta headed to the KM3NeT/ARCA detection site. This site is located 80 km off the coast of Capo Passero, Sicily (Italy). During a 1-week operation, the detection units will be deployed and connected to the ARCA neutrino telescope at 3,500 m depth, adding up to the six already in operation.
10 September 2021 – the Handin Tide left the port of Malta around 5 p.m. CEST.
The navigation to the KM3NeT site is estimated to take about 10 hours.
The weather forecast is good. The activity on site will start early morning tomorrow.
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09 September 2021 – KM3NeT is getting ready for a new sea operation at the ARCA site near Sicily, Italy.
Five new detection units for ARCA are ready to board the ship in the harbour of Malta.
The ship is scheduled to set sail in the evening of 10 September 2021.
We will report on this operation with posts in the social media and in this liveblog.
15 April 2021 – During the last few weeks – despite the pandemic – the KM3NeT Collaboration worked hard to make five new detection units for ARCA ready for deployment. Spooled on their launching vehicles they arrived at the harbour of Malta where a team of KM3NeT technicians, engineers, and scientists inspected thoroughly the units for the last time before they were loaded onto the Miss Marilene Tide of the FUGRO company. In the early morning of 8th April the ship sailed out toward the IDMAR site of ARCA near Sicily for an amazing sea operation. After installing several new components for the seafloor network, on Monday 12 April the deployment of the five new detection units began.
21 December 2020 – Just in time for the winter break, a nice Christmas present was delivered to KM3NeT: the second main cable between the ARCA detector site and the shore station in the lovely village of Porto Palo di Capo Passero at the isle of Sicily, Italy has been installed. It is an important step in the program of upgrading the ARCA seafloor network for the ARCA detector near Sicily, Italy.
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