Deployment system for fiber-optic line sensors

A deployment system for fiber optic line sensors, said deployment system comprising:

• a launch vehicle;
• a cylindrical buoy antenna section having an antenna and releasably attached to said launch vehicle by a first quick release shackle;
• a cylindrical electronics canister section having control electronics and releasably attached to said launch vehicle by a second quick release shackle, said electronics canister section in contact with said antenna section and secured to said antenna section by a spring band;
• a communications cable attached to said antenna and said control electronics and extending between said antenna section and said electronics canister section;
• and
• a cylindrical spool section comprising a spool of a fiber optic line sensor and attached to said launch vehicle by a rigid mount, said spool section in contact with said electronics canister section and said fiber optic line sensor extending from said spool section into said electronics canister section onto said control electronics.