Objective Aim of GEOSTAR project is the development of a deep sea multidisciplinary, unmanned, modular benthic station for longterm monitoring of geophysical and oceanographic parameters. GEOSTAR is also conceived as a tool open to many types of applications, including possibility of being reconfigured for different missions and different sites. GEOSTAR constitutes therefore the core element of a gradual technological development of tools and packages enabling the realization of a more complex structure. GEOSTAR will be able to manage and support long-term experiments, dedicated scientific packages and other satellite stations. GEOSTAR project will ensure the optimal transfer between the requirements and expectancies of the scientific community and the technological solutions envisaged for the prototype development. This approach is based on four basic constituents: * Scientific requirements, concerning definition of GEOSTAR missions in terms o payload, methodologies for data acquisition, storage, retrieval, procedures for data analysis and dissemination. * Definition of the environment in which the station will operate: GEOSTAR prototype will be designed around a reference mission in a significant site in deep Mediterranean Sea. * Prototype development, in line with the requirements imposed by the missions: it will include system design, detailed design, manufacturing, testing and overall system integration. * Planning, set-up and execution of tests in controlled conditions and organization of sea trials. On this framework, a four-national partnership has consolidated, joining qualified scientific and industrial partners determined to proceed together in close interaction, to achieve profitable enhancement of deep sea observation capabilities. The final outcome of this development process will be the availability of fully integrated and tested prototype, ready to start a second phase, devoted to the execution of a mission in real operative conditions, with long-term data collection and analysis. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata scienceengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology Programme(s) FP4-MAST 3 - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of marine science and technology, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 030201 - Unmanned platforms and autonomous systems Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica EU contribution No data Address Via Vigna Murata 605 00143 Roma Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France EU contribution No data Address 3 rue de la Batterie des Lions 13007 Marseille See on map Total cost No data Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) France EU contribution No data Address 83507 La Seyne-sur-Mer See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Gobetti 101 40129 BOLOGNA See on map Total cost No data ORCA INSTRUMENTATION S.A.R.L. France EU contribution No data Address Rue Pierre Rivoallon 5 29200 BREST See on map Total cost No data TECNOMARE SPA - SOCIETA PER LO SVILUPPO DELLE TECNOLOGIE MARINE Italy EU contribution No data Address San Marco 3584 30124 VENEZIA See on map Total cost No data Technische Universität Berlin Germany EU contribution No data Address Müller-Breslau-Strasse(Schleuseninsel) 10623 Berlin See on map Total cost No data Thetis Technologie GmbH Germany EU contribution No data Address Goseriede 10 30159 Hannover See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Kensington Terrace 6 Bedson Building NE1 7RU NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE See on map Total cost No data