South African Qualified Payload and integration support service for the G20 Satellite Mission for Environment and Climate ObservationClosed

Overview

This Request for Information seeks South African–made payloads and integration support for the G20 Satellite Mission for Environment and Climate Observation. SANSA invites South African original equipment manufacturers to provide publicly releasable information on flight-heritage payloads (or fully flight-qualified with conformance evidence) and on engineering-support services for SA and ISRO facilities, with a view to a future procurement. Key dates: launch planned Feb 2027; payload delivery by Sept 2026. Payloads must meet mass, volume, power, and interface constraints, and include SA-made status and integration support capabilities. This is an information-gathering exercise, not a binding contract.

Requirements

• a) Payload must be South African made (designed/manufactured in SA by an SA-registered entity). (RFIFOR~1.PDF)
• b) Payload must have flight heritage, or be fully flight qualified with conformance certificates. (RFIFOR~1.PDF)
• c) Available for delivery within three months of contract signature; qualified flight model to SANSA or lead facility by Sept 2026. (RFIFOR~1.PDF)
• d) Capability to provide engineering support in SA and at ISRO facilities (integration, testing, pre-launch, post-launch, early operations). Maximum two SANSA-funded engineers. WA process for foreign deployments. (RFIFOR~1.PDF)
• e) Compliance with technical specs: mass ≤ 8 kg; volume ≤ 200×200×350 mm; power ≤ 30 W; interfaces LVDS/1553 (or equivalent); optical configuration, spectral bands, GSD, swath, FOV ±15°, lifetime in LEO, data handling, and other specified parameters. (RFIFOR~1.PDF)
• f) Orbit/interface: 720–800 km Sun-Synchronous, 12:00 LTDN; data/telemetry/telecommand protocols; time stamping; CAD model availability. (RFIFOR~1.PDF)
• g) IP/licensing: declare IP ownership/licensing, no third-party restrictions, export data rights; confirm SA-made status for final assembly/qualification. (RFIFOR~1.PDF)
• h) Response format: provide Sectioned information as per Annexure A/Section A.7, including compliance, heritage, delivery, engineering pricing, IP/licensing, and extra materials. (RFIFOR~1.PDF)

How to Apply

• Submission deadline: 22 June 2026, 16:00. (RFIFOR~1.PDF)
• Method: electronic submission to scm@sansa.org.za as PDF attachments, preferably ≤20 MB per email. Subject: RFI/SE/011/06/2026 – South African Qualified Payload and integration support service for the G20 Satellite Mission for Environment and Climate Observation. (RFIFOR~1.PDF)
• Inquiries: scm@sansa.org.za by 15 June 2026; SANSA may post responses on the RFI site. No phone inquiries. (RFIFOR~1.PDF)
• Response structure: Section 1 Executive summary; Section 2 Compliance table; Section 3 Heritage/qualification; Section 4 Delivery schedule; Section 5 Engineering support pricing; Section 6 Hardware pricing; Section 7 IP/licensing; Section 8 additional info. (A.7)
• Note: This is information gathering, not a solicitation or binding contract; no NDA required for responses. (RFIFOR~1.PDF)