ESA Open Invitation to Tender: 1-10767
Open Date: 03/05/2021 10:31 CEST
Closing Date: 28/06/2021 13:00 CEST

Recently a lot of research is being done to investigate possibilities for enhancing free or low-cost satellite imagery using methods that imply systematically lower cost than extensive procurement of commercial very high-resolution (VHR) imagery. To date however,much of this research is in the academic domain and the analysis of the operational sustainability of computationally intensive data enhancement methods such as super-resolution remains quite limited. The aim of this tender is to place contracts that can build prototype versions of different super-resolution enhancement applications for different satellite datasets and conduct verification exercises to assess both the optimal level of performance and the issues associated with long-term operational sustainability.Within the present procurement, ESA plans to support a number of independent activities selected from the following priority topics: 1) addressing super-resolution of Sentinel-2 imagery, 2) super-resolution of satellite video data and 3) super-resolution of satellite-based hyperspectral data.This activity is part of the „EO for Civil Security Applications” activity line of the „Development and Exploitation Component” of ESA’s FutureEO-1 programme (Segment-1), aiming among others to expand uptake of civilian EO capabilities within the wider law enforcement community and civil security stakeholders.

Directorate: Directorate of EO Programmes
Estabilishment: ESRIN
ECOS Required: No
Classified: No
Price Range: > 500 KEURO
Contracts Officer: Dora Tamas
Initiating Service: EOP-SD
IP Measure: N/A
Prog. Reference: E/A105-01 – EarthScience Block 4
Tender Type: Open Competition
Open To Tenderers From: AT+BE+CA+CH+CZ+DE+DK+EL+ES+FI+FR+GB+HU+IE+IT+LU+LV+NL+NO+PL+PT+RO+SE+SI
Technology Keywords: 26-OTHERS
Products Keywords: 2-P-Other