CONTENTS 



Page 



INTRODUCTION 1 



Subject and Purpose of Report 1 



Background 1 



Approach and Scope 2 



DESCRIPTION OF EQUIPMENT 2 



General 2 



Functional Description 2 



ANCHOR DESIGN 3 



Flukes 3 



Sediment Flukes 3 



Rock Fluke 4 



Launch Vehicle 5 



Launching System 6 



Firing Mechanism 8 



TEST PROGRAM AND PROCEDURES 9 



TEST RESULTS 9 



Update 11 



CONCLUSIONS 12 



FUTURE PLANS 13 



ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 13 



Appendix A 26 



Appendix B 35 



REFERENCES 40 



NOMENCLATURE 41 



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