ESA Open Invitation to Tender AO9936
Open Date: 04/07/2019
Closing Date: 04/10/2019 13:00:00

Status: ISSUED
Reference Nr.: 19.1TI.01
Prog. Ref.: ScyLight
Budget Ref.: E/0502-01A – ScyLight
Special Prov.: DK+FR+DE+IT+NL+CH+IE+AT+LU+CZ+RO+CA+NO+GB
Tender Type: C
Price Range: > 500 KEURO
Products: Ground Segment / Development and Construction of Space Segment / Assembly Integration and Test / Optical Ground Support Equipment
Technology Domains: Optics / Optical Equipment and Instrument Technology / Optical Communications
Establishment: ESTEC
Directorate: Directorate of Tech, Eng. & Quality
Department: Mechanical Engineering Department
Division: Mechatronics and Optics Division
Contract Officer: Dorval, Nathalie
Industrial Policy Measure: N/A – Not apply
Last Update Date: 04/07/2019
Update Reason: Tender issue

The objectives of this activity are: 1. To design, manufacture, procure and assembly a self-standing and autonomous ground supportequipment, comprising cloud, aerosol and turbulence monitoring (i.e., CATM GSE).2. To install and commission CATM GSEs at selectedground locations in ESA member states or in their vicinity.3. To continuously record local cloud / aerosol information and atmospheric turbulence conditions using CATM GSEs for a sufficiently long temporal period (> 24 months).4. To correlate the local ground measurements from CATM GSEs with data available from other sources of cloud coverage and atmospheric conditions (e.g., MSG, MODIS, local meteorological sites).Overall, the main objective is to improve knowledge of the optical link availability for selected opticalground station locations and to carry out a long-term validation of the used optical link availability prediction methods.