Milestones are non-luminous floating signs and are equipped with a passive radar reflector (PRR), a top figure and a license plate.
Unsinkability is ensured by the presence of watertight bulkheads in the hull. Operational period - summer navigation.
Application area:
MS (sea milestone) is designed to protect sea navigation channels, fairways, certain navigational hazards in open sea areas.
MS Specifications
- Setting depth (recommended), m 7…20
- Overall length of the milestone, m 5.7±0.02
- Figure height above sea level, m 3.2
- Buoy body diameter, m 0.97±0.005
- Mass of milestone without equipment and anchor devices, kg 385±20
- Anchor weight, kg 680±50
- Anchor chain’s caliber, 19mm
- Operational lifetime, 5 years