Composition of the Global Drifter Array on 08-Jun-2026:
| Pacif.Gyre: | 512 |
| SIO : | 199 |
| Metocean: | 172 |
| DBi : | 136 |
| Unknown: | 38 |
| NKE : | 32 | TOTAL: | 1089 |
Number of Iridium drifters: 1089
Fraction of array that is Iridium: 100.0 percent
Array size on 1 Jun 2026: 1091 drifters
Added IDs (6):
108719 300234065069420 300534063900080 300534065957780 300534065957800 300534067581560
Lost IDs (8):
300534067959190 300534063019350 300534061281560 300534062090810 300534063901090 300534063902000 300534064297360 300534065665720
Net change: 6 - 8 = -2
New array size on 8 Jun 2026: 1089 drifters.
Death rate: 9.2 deaths per 1250 drifters per 7 days (478 deaths per 1250 per year).
Mean age of dead drifters: 873 days. Median: 994 days.
Deplog information for dead drifters (underlined: aground/picked up):
| ID | WMO# | DepDate | DepLat | DepLon | Ship | Manufacturer | Type | Prgm
| 300534061281560 | | 5601692 | | 02-Dec-2021 | | 60.0 | | 105.2 | | SHIRASE | Pacific Gy | | BD2GI | | 31412 | |
Specification sheet info for dead drifters not in deployment log (underlined: aground/picked up):
| ID | MANUFACTURER | TYPE | TRANSMISSION| 300534065665720 | | SIO | | BD2GHI | | 300534067959190 | | Metocean | | BD2GHI | | 300534064297360 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534063019350 | | Pacific Gy | | BD2A3 | | 300534063901090 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534063902000 | | Pacific Gy | | SVP3A3 | | 300534062090810 | | Pacific Gyre | | | | SBD 9602 | |