The spatial resolution of Very High (VHR), High (HR), Medium 5MR) and Low Resolution (LR) images is defined as follows: VHR: <= 4 m; HR: > 4 m and <= 30 m; MR > 30 m and <= 300 m; LR > 300 m. , Pan-European (EEA39) High Resolution (HR) cloud free image coverage, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Full European Very High Resolution (VHR) coverage over Europe (EEA39),Contributing Missions, Optical worldwide High Resolution coverage,Dedicated missions, Optical Medium Resolution worldwide coverage, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , SAR Medium Resolution Worldwide coverage,Dedicated missions, SAR Low Resolution coverage,Contributing Missions, SAR Altimetry Medium Resolution Worldwide coverage,Dedicated missions, Sea Ice Monitoring Medium Resolution SAR, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Global/Regional Systematic Ocean Colour data, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Systematic Global and Regional sea surface temperature data, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Systematic Global and Regional Altimeter/Sea Level data, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Data for aerosol monitoring and forecasting, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Data for sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Data for formaldehyde (HCHO) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Data for Ozone (O 3 ) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Data for Carbon Monoxide (CO) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Data for Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 ) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Data for Methane (CH 4 ) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Data for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO 2 ) atmospheric composition monitoring and forecasting, Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Data for deriving Essential Climate Variables (ECVs), Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , Datasets with flexible specifications (rush mode, standard mode, high/very high resolution, optical/SAR, archive/new acquisitions), Dedicated missions Contributing Missions , The period of operations may change depending upon the actual life time of the individual satellite units and evaluation of programmatic options. , Abbreviations: VIS = Visual Range Bands; SWIR = Short Wave Infrared; MWIR = Mid-Wave Infrared; TIR = Thermal Infrared. , Sentinel-1,RADAR Mission,4 units (A, B, C, D), two units are flying in parallel for full capacity, C-Band SAR Payload with centre frequency of 5,405 GHz (4 polarisations) and 4 modes: Strip Map mode with 80 km Swath and 5 × 5 metre spatial resolution Interferometric Wide Swath Mode with 250 km swath and 5 × 20 metre spatial resolution Extra-wide Swath Mode with 400 km swath and 20 × 40 m spatial resolution Wave mode with 5 × 5 metre spatial resolution at 100 km along the orbit ,Sun-Synchronous orbit at approximately 693 km, A, B: 2014 – 2022 C, D: 2022-2030 , Sentinel-2,High Resolution optical mission for land imaging,4 units (A, B, C, D), two units are flying in parallel for full capacity, — MSI — Multi Spectral Imager with 13 multispectral channels between 400 nm and 2 300 nm, spectral resolution between 1 nm and 180 nm and spatial resolutions of 10 m, 20 m and 60 m. Includes an Optical Communication Payload for mission data relay through EDRS. ,Sun-Synchronous orbit at approximately 786 km, A, B: 2015 – 2023 C, D: 2023-2030 , Sentinel-3,Global Ocean and Land Imaging,4 units (A, B, C, D), two units are flying in parallel for full capacity, OLCI – Ocean and Land Colour Instrument with 21 bands and spatial resolution of 300 m SLSTR – Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer with 9 bands and spatial resolution of 500 m (VIS, SWIR) and 1 km (MWIR, TIR) SRAL – SAR Radar Altimeter with dual CX and Ku bands MWR – Microwave Radiometer, with an operation frequency in dual 23,8 GHz and 36,5 GHz ,Sun-Synchronous orbit at approximately 814,5 km, A, B: 2016 – 2023 C, D: 2023-2030 , Sentinel-4,Atmospheric monitoring,2 instruments (A, B), on board consecutive Meteosat Third Generation – Sounder satellites, The Sentinel-4 instrument is a high-resolution imaging spectrometer (spatial resolution of 8 × 8 km) covering three wavelength bands: Ultraviolet (305-400 nm) Visible (400-500 nm) Near-Infrared (750-775 nm) ,On board Meteosat Third Generation Satellites in geostationary orbit at approximately 35 786 km. Coverage of Europe and North Africa with a repeat cycle of about 60 minutes,2022 - 2040, Sentinel-5,Atmospheric monitoring,3 units (A, B, C), on board consecutive METOP Second Generation – A satellites, The Sentinel-5 UVNS instrument is a high resolution spectrometer (spatial resolution about 7 km), covering the following wavelength bands: Ultraviolet (270-370 nm) Visible (370-500 nm) Near-infrared (685-773 nm) Short-wave infrared (1 590-1 675; 2 305-2 385 nm) ,Part of the EUMETSAT Polar System of Second Generation (EPS-SG) at approximately 817 km,2022-2040, Sentinel-5p,Atmospheric monitoring,Precursor satellite for Sentinel-5, — TROPOMI — TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument with 4 channels in the following spectral ranges: 270-500 nm, 675-775 nm, 2 305-2 385 nm and spatial resolution of 7 × 7 km ,Sun-Synchronous orbit at approximately 824 km,2017 - 2024, Sentinel-6,High Precision Ocean Altimetry,2 units (A, B), POSEIDON-4 – SAR Radar Altimeter AMRC-C – Climate-quality microwave radiometer, a NOAA/JPL contribution ,Non-Sun-synchronous at approximately 1 336 km, A: 2020 – 2025 B: 2025 - 2030 , The generation of Sentinel-2 Level 2 data shall be made available through the Sentinels Core Ground Segment or shall be enabled through a toolbox running at the users' side. , ,SAR Level 0,Compressed unfocused SAR raw data, ,SAR Level 1 Single Look Complex,Focused SAR Complex data, georeferenced, provided in slant-range geometry, ,SAR Level 1 Ground Range Detected Full Resolution,Focussed SAR complex data, georeferenced, multi-looked and projected to ground range geometry, ,SAR Level 2 Ocean Product,Geolocated geophysical parameters (e.g. Ocean Wind Field, Wave Spectra and Radial Velocity), ,Multi-spectral instrument Level-1,Top of Atmosphere Reflectance's in Cartographic Geometry, ,Multi-spectral instrument Level-2 ,Bottom of Atmosphere Reflectance's in Cartographic Geometry, ,Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) Level 1,OLCI Top of Atmosphere Radiances, ortho-geolocated and re-sampled, ,Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR) Level 1,SLSTR Brightness temperatures and Top of Atmosphere Radiances ortho-geolocated and re-sampled, ,Surface Topography Mission (STM) Level 2,Geophysical parameters over ocean (e.g. surface backscatter, sea surface height, significant wave height, ocean depth, tide height, sea ice concentration, sea ice freeboard, sea surface wind speed, rain rate), ,OLCI Level 2,Geophysical parameters over ocean (e.g. sea surface reflectance, algal pigment concentration, suspended matter concentrations), ,SLSTR Level-2,Sea Surface Temperature, ,Surface Topography Mission (STM) Level 2,Geophysical parameters over land (e.g. surface backscatter, altimetry range, surface height, snow density and depth), ,OLCI Level 2,Geophysical parameters over land (e.g. photosynthetically active radiation, global vegetation index), ,SLSTR Level-2,Land Surface Temperature, ,OLCI and SLSTR Synergy products,Geophysical parameters over land (Land surface reflectance's and aerosol load over land), ,TROPOMI instrument level-2,Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulphur Dioxide, Formaldehyde, Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Aerosols, Clouds, ,Geophysical Data Records Level 2,Geocoded products corresponding to altimetry parameters., Sentinel Hubs, Data Access Infrastructure operated by ESA allowing to retrieve Copernicus data for: Copernicus Services (‘Copernicus Services Data Hub’) Copernicus Participating States (‘Collaborative Data Hub’) International Partners (‘International Data Hub’) Open Access (‘COA Hub’) ,Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3 Land, Copernicus Online Data Access (CODA),Data Access Infrastructure operated by EUMETSAT allowing user to retrieve Copernicus data,Near-real time Sentinel-3 Marine, Jason-3, Online Data Access (ODA),Data Access Infrastructure operated by EUMETSAT allowing Copernicus services and validation team members to retrieve Copernicus data,Near-real time Sentinel-3 Marine, Jason-3, Coordinated Data Access System (CDS),Data Access Infrastructure operated by ESA allowing user to download data from Contributing Missions.,Contributing Mission Data, EUMETCast,Satellite and terrestrial -based multicasting service to deliver Copernicus near real-time EO products operated by EUMETSAT,Near-real time Sentinel-3 Marine, Jason-3 and Contributing Mission data distributed by EUMETSAT, EUMETSAT Data Centre,Provision of Copernicus Datasets and Products for the complete mission lifetime, orderable by end users using a search, filter and order mechanism.,Archived Sentinel-3 Marine, Jason-3 and Contributing Mission data distributed by EUMETSAT, Data and Information Access Services Infrastructure,Infrastructure that allows users to access, process and analyse Copernicus data and information,Data and Information from the Copernicus Space and Services Component, until 2018, — Stakeholder consultations , until 2018, Technical Baseline of Copernicus User and Observation requirements Mid-term evaluation of Copernicus Impact Assessment of Copernicus evolution scenario's , until 2018, Legislative proposal for the Copernicus Regulation covering 2021-2027 Establishment of Technical Requirements for new missions , 2019 – 2020, — Preparatory activities for potential CSC evolutions ,