With this Request for Proposals (RFP), the Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) plans to award a contract to complete the Options Analysis Phase (Phase 0) for high-resolution measurement of terrestrial Snow Water Equivalent (SWE).
The activity has the following objectives:
Update and refine the mission concept for a terrestrial snow mass mission to address the modifications to the mission objectives and the issues raised by a previous concept study;
Develop a new concept for a low-cost precursor mission;
Develop requirements and concept of operations;
Refine the Mission Development Plan, including costs and risks;
Successfully complete the Mission Requirements Review.
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