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# ESTOC Site Mission

### Mission duration: 3 weeks

For 3 weeks in November 2012 a successful seatrial with the Sailbuoy was conducted in cooperation with the PLOCAN consortium. It was equipped with a conductivity-temperature sensor and an oxygen optode. The main goal of the mission was to sail to the European Station for Time-series in the OCean (ESTOC) site, and demonstrate its navigation and near-surface oceanographic sampling capabilities. ESTOC is an internationally recognized ocean site, and has recently improved its sampling program with unmanned, autonomous underwater and surface vehicles technology ([Read more about the mission at the PLOCAN consortium webpage](http://www.plocan.eu/en/home-2/850-the-sailbuoy-mission-in-canary-islands-ends-successfully.html)).

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