PSAT Series

Pop-Off Satellite Archival Tag

PSATs, Pop-up Satellite Archival Tags, are designed with a focus on reliability, longevity, flexibility and ease of use.

PSATGEO and PSATLIFE tags provide daily locations throughout the deployment period and other daily summary data including temperature, SST and depth.
PSATFLEX can be configured for short or long term studies, with the chosen sensors sampled at a user-defined interval.

Hydrodynamic package design:
Low drag, stable design for maximum retention and minimum impact to study animal.
Constant depth function:
releases the tag from the study animal if it sinks to the bottom or floats to the surface to allow data transmission.
Wet-start function:
For ease of deployment
Improved data throughput via Argos:
by sending daily location estimates and summary data instead of raw light data (PSATGEO and PSATFLEX)
Lotek Template-Fit light geolocation algorithm:
offers locations with error estimates (PSATGEO and PSATFLEX)

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Product Specifications

Model PSATGEO PSATLIFE PSATFLEX

Weight (g) 87 87 87

Life (days) 365 28 365

Size (mm) 131 x 42 131 x 42 131 x 42

Standard sensors:
Wet/dry sensor, External temperature, Depth, Light
Temperature sensor range: -10˚C to 45˚C
Temperature sensor accuracy: +/- 0.2˚C
Temperature sensor resolution: 0.05˚C
Depth sensor ranges: 500m, 1000m, 2000m
Depth sensor accuracy: ±1% of Full Scale
Depth sensor resolution: 0.05% of Full Scale

Technical specifications:
Memory: 32MB
Operating temperature range: -5˚C to 60˚C
Buoyancy: 8g
Constant depth release: none, 3 day / 5m, 3 day / 15m (PSATGEO and PSATLIFE) 0-max depth for 0-999 days (PSATFLEX)
Clock accuracy: Better than 2 mins per year
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