Iridium Provides Global Connectivity for Rutgers’ Challenger Glider Mission

At Rutgers University, students and faculty at the Coastal Ocean Observation Lab (RU COOL) are currently working on a research project called the Challenger Glider Mission. A symbolic recreation of the first global scientific survey conducted by the HMS Challenger in 1872, the mission will “fly” 16 autonomous underwater gliders worldwide, covering all five ocean basins.