The European Space Agency (ESA) is urgently seeking space industry ideas on its ‘intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance’ (ISR) project which calls for a European satellite constellation for military and civil usage. But ESA has set a September 30th deadline for ideas to be presented.

This new constellation, called the European Resilience from Space (ERS) is part of a three year wider programme which ESA is called Earth Observation Governmental Service (EOGS) and which the European Commission seeks to include in its next seven year budget which starts in 2028.

The ISR project is expected to be completed in terms of architecture and technology by the end of this year, hence the urgency of ESA’s request.

A meeting of ministers is scheduled for November 26th-27th in Bremen, Germany, where decision will be made. ESA Director-General Josef Aschbacher has suggested a three year budget of €1 billion for ERS.

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