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GMES Space ComponentSentinel Payload Ground SegmentIndustry Information DaySentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 1

Purpose of the Mtg•Inform Industry about Procurement Plans for the GSCSentinel Payload Ground Segment•Collect general questions to be responded to all prior torelease of the ITTsSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 2

Sentinels PDGS Industry Information DayIntroductionWelcome & General IntroductionOverall Scope of the activitySentinels PDGS Procurement rulesSentinels PDGS Sub-SystemsFront End ProcessorPrecise Orbit DeterminationOperational Instrument ProcessorsMission PlanningSentinels PDGSS-1 Payload Data Ground Segment(PDGS)S-2 and S-3 PDGSProcurements way forwardBest practicesSchedule and way forwardSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 3

GMES & GSC IntroductionSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 4

GMES componentsGMES is an EU led initiativeServices Component – led by EC• Produces information services in response to Europeanpolicy priorities in environment and security• Relies on data from in-situ and space componentIn-situ component – led by EEA• Observations mostly within national responsibility, withcoordination at European levelSpace Component – led by ESA• Sentinels - EO missions developed specifically for GMES:• Contributing Missions - EO missions built for purposes otherthan GMES but offering part of their capacity to GMES(EU/ESA MSs, EUMETSAT, commercial, international)Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 5

GMES dedicated missions: SentinelsSentinel 1 – SAR imagingAll weather, day/night applications, interferometrySentinel 2 – Multispectral imagingLand applications: urban, forest, agriculture, etcContinuity of Landsat, SPOT data2011Sentinel 3 – Ocean and global land monitoringWide-swath ocean color, vegetation, sea/land surfacetemperature, altimetrySentinel 4 – Geostationary atmosphericAtmospheric composition monitoring, trans-boundarypollutionSentinel 5 – Low-orbit atmosphericAtmospheric composition monitoring201220122017+Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 62019+

Sentinel-1Sentinel-1:C-bandSAR missionApplications:• monitoring sea ice zones and the arctic environment• surveillance of marine environment• monitoring land surface motion risks• mapping in support of humanitarian aid in crisissituations4 nominal operation modes:• strip map (80 km swath, 5X5 m res.)• interferometric wide swath (250 km swath, 20X5 mres.)• extra wide swath (400 km swath, 25X100 m res.)• Wave (5X20 m res.)2300 Kg spacecraft massSun synchronous orbit at 693 Km mean altitude12 days repeat cycle7 years design life time, consumables for 12 yearsSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 7

Sentinel-2Sentinel-2:Superspectralimaging missionApplications:• Generic land cover maps• risk mapping and fast images for disaster relief• generation of leaf coverage, leaf chlorophyllcontent and leaf water contentPushbroom filter based multi spectral imager with13 spectral bands (VNIR & SWIR)Spatial resolution: 10, 20 and 60 mField of view: 290 km1180 kg spacecraft mass5 days repeat cycleSun synchronous orbit at 786 km mean altitude7 years design life time, consumables for 12 yearsSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 8

Sentinel-3Sentinel-3:ocean & globalland missionApplications:• Sea/land colour data and surfacetemperature• sea surface and land icetopography• coastal zones, inland water and seaice topography• vegetation products1198 kg spacecraft massSun synchronous orbit at 814.5 kmmean altitude over geoid27 days repeat cycle7 years design life time, consumablesfor 12 yearsSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 9

Sentinel-3Instruments:• Ocean and Land Colour Instrument(OLCI) with 5 cameras, 8 bands (onlyVIS) for open ocean (low res), 15bands (only VIS) for coastal zones(high res). Spatial sampling: 300m @SSP• Sea and Land Surface Temperature(SLST) with 9 spectral bands, 0.5 (VIS,SWIR) to 1 km res (MWIR, TIR). Swath:180rpm dual view scan, nadir &backwards• RA packageSRAL Ku-C altimeter (LRM and SARmeasurement modes), MWR, POD(with Laser Retro Reflector, GNSS andDORIS)Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 10

Sentinel-4Sentinel-4:GEOatmosphericmissionApplications:• monitoring changes in the atmosphericcomposition (e.g. ozone, NO 2, SO 2, BrO,formaldehyde and aerosol) at hightemporal resolution• tropospheric variabilityNarrow field spectrometer covering UV (290-400 nm), visible (400-500 nm) and near-IR(750-775 nm) bandsSpatial sampling 5-50 km and spectralresolution between 0.06 nm and 1 nm(depending on band)Geostationary orbit, at 0 o longitudeEmbarked on MTG-S and operated byEUMETSATSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 11

Sentinel-5Sentinel-5:LEOatmosphericmissionApplications:• monitoring changes in the atmosphericcomposition (e.g. ozone, NO 2, SO 2, BrO,formaldehyde and aerosol) at hightemporal (daily) resolution• tropospheric variabilityWide-swath pushbroom spectrometer suite,covering UV (270-400 nm), visible (400-500& 710-750 nm), NIR (750-775 nm) and SWIR(2305-2385 nm) bands.Spatial sampling 5-50 km and spectralresolution between 0.05 nm and 1 nm(depending on band)Low Earth orbit (reference altitude of about817 km)Sentinel-5 precursor to fill data gaps (2013-2019). Sentinel-5 embarked on post-EPSand operated by EUMETSATSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 12

GMES Ground Segment and Data AccessSentinel-1TM/TCSentinel-3ISPsGCM GSTT&C StationsFOSGMESSentinelsGSAcquisition StationsSentinelsPDGSGSC CoordinatedData Access SystemGMESSpaceComponentGCM GSGCM GSGCM GSGCM GSGCM GSGMES Contributing Missions GS’s(ESA, EUMETSAT, NOAA, national member-states missions, etc…)GSCData RequestGSCData ProvisionGMES Service SegmentFinal end-userSentinels PDGS information Industry Information products Day,5 May 2009, pg. 13USER Segment

GSC implementation schedulePreparatoryprogrammeBuild-up phase(Segments 1 + 2)Operational programme2004 2005 2006 2013 2014 2023Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 14

Content of GSC programme• Sentinel-1 A: Phase B2/C/D/E1. Sentinel-1B: up to flight readiness• Sentinel-2 A: Phase B2/C/D/E1. Sentinel-2B: up to flight readiness• Sentinel-3 A: Phase B2/C/D/E1. Sentinel-3B: up to flight readiness• Sentinel-4 (MTG-S): Phase B/C/D incl, processor & 2 nd unit• Sentinel-5 (post-EPS): Phase B1 & pre-development• Sentinel 5 pre-cursor up to Launch and IOV; UV-NIR instrumentSegment 2provided by NL• Ground Segment Development for Sentinel-1, -2, -3• Data Access (management, operations & data procurement)• GSC Evolution Studies, incl. low-inclination altimetry (Jasonfollow-on)Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 15

First Set of data requirements consolidated in May 08GMES Fast Track Pilot Services & Urban Atlas (Start Sep08-Apr09)Several Requirements Review loops and updatesGSCDA portal open since early Dec 08; ESA- data, ESA-TPM data& Eumetsat data are provided since;9 Contracts placed or under negotiation with GMES ContributingMissionsEU Agency interfaces being discussedRequirements strongly evolved and evolveGSC Data Access Status todaySentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 16

00GSCDA Pre-operations StatusGSCDA Preoperationsstarted with ESAand ESA-TPMs inDec. 2008GSCDA DataSets advertised onGSC Portalhttp://gmesdata.esa.intDeployed DataSetsNr.of DataSets2522 22 2221 21 21 21216020Defined1550Potential121010 10 10 10 10 10 10UnderImplementation1099 989Partially Opened9 9407 Opened5455453333000 23232010-Dec-2008 19-Dec-2008 12-Jan-2009 3-feb-2009 20-feb-09 27-feb-09 19-mar-09 23-mar-0920100ESRINNr. Products Disseminated from 16-Feb to 15-MarUrbanAtlasMyOcean Geoland2 o o o o o o o i i §DAP_MG2b_01ALOS PSM_P-AV2_XDAP_MG3_02Ers-2 WSC_UWI_1PEnv ATS_TOA_1PDAP_MG3_01Env MER_FRS_1PDAP_MG3_05Env RA2_FGD_2PDAP_MG3_04Env ATS_TOA_1PEnv ATS_NR__2PDAP_MG3_03Env MER_RR__2PEnv MER_RR__1PDAP_MG1_09_11_13_14_15Env ASA_WSM_1PDAP_MG1_12Env ASA_WSM_1P(Eurarctic1)DAP_MG1_10Env ASA_WSM_1P(SouthGreen)DAP_MG1_08Env ASA_WSM_1P(SeaBaltic)5480186421194186185185387325Help Desk StatisticsSame day Within 2days12231326Closed tickets by timeOver 2 daysTotalGEOLAND2G-MOSAICMACCMYOCEANSAFERCDS internal tickets(SCI)SCIURBAN ATLASAll GSP0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400Delivered ProductsSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 17

GSCDA System Infrastructure DevelopmentDevelopment of Data Access Systeminfrastructure on-going• System requirements Review held inJune 2008• Preliminary Design Review on-goingDevelopment of interfaceswith GSC ContributingMissions on-goingSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 18

Requirements Vs ArchitectureGSC shall respond to all current and expected (*1)requirements. Accordingly the Sentinel GS will consistof aESA Sentinel Core Ground Segment (*2)andCollaborative Ground Segment of- national ground segment elements- GS functions within the GMES Services Segment(*1) from new GMES Services, EU agencies, member states, science etc(*2) incl. interfaces and mgt functions for the collaborative parts; incl EDRSinterfaces in the architecture)Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 19

Main GSC GS Design / Development DriversHigh Data VolumeOperational Data Delivery from Beginning- Maximum ‘systematic’ functions- Simple, easy design- highest reliability for E2E data access for usersFlexibility (Without impact of systematic functions)- clear interfaces to complementary GS functions- Re-processing as part of system budgetsSentinel PDGS Integration into an already ‘operational’ GCMservice, during commissioningSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 20

GMES Space Component fundingSegment 1 & 2 Co Funding SchemeFinancing – ESA GSC programme• 758 M€ Segment 1• 831 M€ Segment 2Financing – EC FP7• 600 M€ FP7 Space~ 2.2 bn€ for development of first generation of Sentinels, dataaccess to MS/EUM missions, ground segment, earlyoperationsSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 21

Funding and ProcurementESA-only funded elements and ESA-EC joint-funded elementsOpen toESA Member States and ESA- Member States andEC FP7 participating StatesIssued viaESA Emits and ESA- Emits andEC CordisManaged byESA (and ESA procedures *)* No georeturn targets butgeoreturn reportingSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 22

Sentinels PDGS DevelopmentsOverall ScopeSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 23

• Introduction to the GMES SpaceComponent infrastructure and services• Introduction to Sentinels PDGS– Drivers– Infrastructure and Services– Development Logic• Introduction to Sentinels Procurement– Procurement Logic and phasing– Procurement Sizing• ScheduleSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 24

GSC Ground Segment infrastructureGSC infrastructure is decomposed into :GSC Core Space Segment : Space infrastructure (Sentinelsconstellation)GSC Contributing Missions (GCMs): National, ESA or Third Partymissions partially or fully supporting the GMES Space Component,complementing the Sentinels services according to the GSC operationalgap filling analysisGSC Core Ground Segment : Sentinels Flight Operation Segment(FOS) and Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS). The Core GroundSegment also includes capabilities for assembling data from externalsources and for interfacing with the third party entities (GCM orcollaborative GS)GSC Collaborative Ground Segments: Third party entities thatcontribute to the GSC infrastructure, providing complementary services orimproving overall performances (e.g. local stations)Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 25

GSC Core Ground Segment Services (1/2)Space Segment operationsSentinels TT&C data uplink and downlink (S-band link)Sentinels satellites commanding & controlMission exploitationSentinels data acquisition: (X-Band/Ka-Band data downlink andingestion), through a Sentinels Core Ground Stations networkSentinels Mission planning: for Sentinels data downlink andinstrument sensing.Systematic and rush generation of mission data products: (at leastto a calibrated product level) and access through satellite broadcast linkover Europe or ground network to a pick up pointMission data preservation and access: long-term preservation (25years) of all Sentinels and relevant GCM products (Including Missionreprocessing function). These data are accessed on-line throughautomated request mechanism.Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 26

GSC Core Ground Segment Services (2/2)Mission exploitationSentinels mission performances monitoring and control:characterisation of the space and ground infrastructure performances(e.g. sensors ageing, network availability), adjustment of on-groundservices to guaranty services performance continuity, regular reportingon measured operations performancesGSC data-sets assembly: The assembly service offers the possibilityto generate, consolidate and retrieve some of the large data setsrequired by GMES Services Projects, (e.g. coverage or stack datasets), including the integration of non-Sentinels mission data whenevernecessary.GSC Users Coordinated Interface: Interface to the GSC users for:Coordination of multi-mission rush satellite tasking requests in supportto emergencies and crises managementService support for GSC users, including user registration and servicedeskSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 27

•High data rates and on-ground volumes to be managedSentinels PDGS DriversSentinels & ENVISAT L0 Volume per daySystematic NRT4000350030002500GB 200015001000500S3-BS2-BS1-BS3-AS2-AS1-AENVISAT LRENVISAT HR600500400GB 3002001000S1-AENVISAT ASARSystematic NRT(Average S-1 Scenario) [GB/day]0sentinels L0 GB/dayENVISAT L0 GB/day•Initial development is organised to support the B-series as a natural upgrade•Missions are considered operational and commissioning phase shall becompleted within 3 to 4 months•25 years of mission exploitationAll developments are defined as operational software developmentSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 28

Sentinels PDGS infrastructure and servicesThe Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS) covers the infrastructurenecessary for :Sentinels data acquisitionDemodulation and front end processing elementsSentinels Mission planningSystematic and rush generation of mission data productsProduction data flow control including: processors, auxiliary data management,precise orbit determination, dissemination, rolling and on-line repositoriesMission data preservation and accessLong term archive, catalogue, disseminationSentinels mission performances monitoring and controlInstrument performance monitoring, quality control, cal/val tools, end-to-endsystem performances monitoring and reportingGSC data-sets assemblyProduct consolidation and data assembly elementsSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 29

Sentinels PDGS Development logic•Common elements regrouped into separate ITTs• Demodulator and Front End Processor• Precise orbit determination services•Maximise reuse of existing European infrastructure and ESA supportedoperational interfaces:• X-Band Antenna Acquisition System• Long term data archiving infrastructure• User Services•Auxiliary data handling servicesElements will be procured as services within a separate ITT (for stations & centres) based oncustomisation of standard interfaces•Three Satellite missions leading to specific procurements (ITTs or Bestpractices)•“PDGS core contract” for end-to-end design and integration (includingdevelopment of required specific elements)• Mission Planning• Operational Instrument Processor and Performance monitoring and QCSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 30

Sentinels PDGS Procurement LogicPhase 1:Definition of the PDGS operational interfacesDevelopment of the PDGS infrastructure elementsReference platform integrationPhase 2 :Procurement of the centres according to PDGS interfacesspecificationsPhase 3:Deployment of PDGS elements into the procured centresOverall verificationPhase 4:Commissioning operationsMaintenance of PDGS system during commissioningPart of current ITTPart of operations ITT in 2010Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 31

Project timeline overview2009 Apr 09PDGS-SRR2010 Jan 102012PDGS-PDRNov 11LaunchFeb 12IOCR2013S-1 PDGSGS RRNov 082009 Nov 09 2010Sep 10PDGS-PDGS-SRRPDR20112012Oct 12Launch2013Jan 13IOCRS-2 PDGSGS RRJune 092009 Jul 09PDGS-SRR2010 Apr 10PDGSPDR20112012Nov 12Launch2013Feb 13IOCRS-3 PDGSGS RRApril 09Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 32

Sentinels PDGS Procurement SizingS1 PDGS CoreS2 PDGS CoreS3 PDGS Core~18 M€~17 M€~20 M€Including Best PracticesIncluding Best PracticesIncluding Best PracticesValues may be refined while preparing the SOW,targets will be indicated with the issue of the ITTS1 Mission PlanningS1 Mission Performancestools~600 k€~1,5 M€S1 is considered the mostcomplex (~400 k€ for S2)S2 and S3 figures will be consolidated (IPF bestpractices between 1.5M € and 2.0M€, andPerformances tools between 1M€ and 2M€)Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 33

Sentinels PDGS Invitations to Tender:proposal requirements & selectionO. LeonardRES-POESentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 34

1. Publication of ITT• Emits:Cordis:http://emits.esa.int -> Open Invitations to Tenderhttp://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/cooperation/space_en.html• English only• Closing Date• Requests for clarifications/extensionsSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 35

2. Content of ITT Package1. Cover letter2. Statement of Work3. Draft Contract4. Special Conditions of TenderSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 36

1. Cover letterContent of ITT PackageEligible bidders: -ESA + EU FP7 (http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/who_en.html#countries) -no industrial policy requirements / Geo-return clause -requested expertise of bidding consortium -exclusions in case of conflict of interest (if any)Overall max. budgetResponsible Contracts OfficerClosing date and place of submission. -at least 6 weeks left for submission of bids -Possibility of request for extension (request must be made atleast 2 weeks before closing date) Number and type of copies required and where to address (ESA)Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 37

Content of ITT Package2. Technical Documentation (Appendix 1 to ITT) Statement of Work Formal statement of the work required by ESA(evaluation techn. Crit) Tasks descriptions, outputs Annexes: Applicable and reference documents Technical requirements Technical specifications to be observed forperformance of work (mandatory)Sentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 38

3. Draft Contract (Appendix 2 to ITT)Content of ITT Package Content ESA GCC applicable, specific conditions in the contract Applicable documents Price type and payment scheme Place and date of delivery, Agency furnished Items, penalties,acceptance and rejection IPR: all Operational Software – IPR assigned to ESA (see Part II.(Option A)ESA GCC, esp. Clauses 39 to 44) Best practices (Annex) Specific provisions stemming from ESA/EC DelegationAgreement Publicity related to Contract (specific EU mentions and logo) Availability of deliverables to EC or EC-designated entities IPR waiver liability towards ECSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 39

4. Special Conditions of Tender (Appendix 3 to ITT)Content of ITT Package Purpose Conditions specific to the procurement and related to submission of offers(not a contractual doc) Ensure the offers contain enough information as to its quality, that offersare structured in a similar way, to identify easily non-compliances and allowfair assessment Content Structure of the tender (cover letter, technical-managementfinancial/administrative/contractualproposal) Technical requirements Management requirements (incl. best practices organisation) Financial proposal Contractual proposal: acceptance (incl. best practices)/reservation, IPRconditions Annexes: checklist, evaluation criteriaSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 40

3. Evaluation processESA evaluation procedure applicable1. Evaluation criteria2. TEB (incl. EC)3. Contract negotiation4. Award of contract5. Regret letter and debriefingSentinels PDGS Industry Information Day,5 May 2009, pg. 41