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State |
NPC
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Summary
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Austria |
Thomas Geist (FFG),
thomas.geist@ffg.at |
Austria and ESA signed the cooperation agreement in February 2016. The Austrian Mirror Site is running since 2016 its operations are prolonged until at least 2019.
Read the Technical Annex to the
cooperation agreement |
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Belgium |
Steven Bogaerts (BELSPO),
boga@belspo.be |
Belgium and ESA signed the cooperation agreement in September 2017.
BELSPO launched Terrascope to serve as the Belgian Collaborative Ground Segment.
Read the the Technical Annex to the agreement. |
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Brazil
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Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) and the National Institute for Space Research of Brazil (INPE)
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AEB, INPE and ESA signed a technical operating arrangement on 14 March 2019.
INPE intends to establish a regional data access/analysis hub, to increase access to and the exploitation of Copernicus Sentinel data in Brazil. The data will be accessible via the following url: www.dgi.inpe.br.
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Canada |
Steve Iris (CSA),
steve.iris@canada.ca
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Canada and ESA have signed the Cooperation agreement in September 2015. Canada is setting up a Sentinel data mirror site.
Read the Technical Annex to the
cooperation agreement
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Czech Republic
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Ondrej Svab (Ministry of Transport)
ondrej.svab@mdcr.cz
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The Czechia and ESA have signed a Technical Arrangement for the Sentinel data access cooperation in January 2018.
Read the Technical Annex to the
cooperation agreement
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Denmark
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Henning Sand Sonne (Danish Meteorological Institute),
HSS@dmi.dk
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Denmark and ESA are discussing potential CollGS activities.
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Estonia |
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Estonia and ESA have signed a Technical Arrangement for the Sentinel data access cooperation in September 2016. Enterprise Estonia plans to set-up a national Sentinel data mirror site.
Read the the Technical Arrangement
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Finland
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Jyri Heilimo (FMI),
jyri.heilimo@fmi.fi
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Finland and ESA have signed the Cooperation agreement in January 2015. Finland will set-up a Sentinel data mirror site and employ its acquisition station in Sodankyla to acquire Sentinel data directly from the satellite.
Read the Technical Annex to the
cooperation agreement
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France
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Patrice Henry (CNES),
Patrice.Henry@cnes.fr
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France and ESA have signed the Cooperation agreement in March 2015. France plans to set-up a Sentinel data mirror site and to employ its acquisition station in Brest to receive Sentinel-1 data directly from the satellite.
Read the Technical Annex to the
cooperation agreement
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Germany
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Dr. Michael Schmidt
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Space Administration
michael.schmidt@dlr.de
http://www.dlr.de |
Germany has set up a Copernicus data and Exploitation Platform – Deutschland (CODE-DE) as a national Copernicus mirror site. Additionally Germany is receiving directly Sentinel-1 data via its acquisition station in Neustrelitz and is involved in the optical data relay service.
Read the Technical Annex to the
cooperation agreement
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Greece
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Dr. Xenophon Tsilibaris, Greek Research & Technology Network, www.grnet.gr,
xtsili@gsrt.gr
Dr. Harry Kontoes, National Observatory of Athens, www.noa.gr, kontoes@noa.gr
Prof. Kanaris Tsinganos, National Observatory of Athens, www.noa.gr, president@noa.gr
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Greece and ESA have signed the Cooperation agreement in May 2014. Greece is setting-up a Sentinel data mirror site.
Read the Technical Annex to the
cooperation agreement
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Hungary
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Zoltan Zboray, Hungarian Space Office (HSO)
zoltan.zboray@nfm.gov.hu
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Hungary and ESA signed a Technical Collaborative Arrangement in October 2019.
Read the relevant sections from the Technical Arrangement |
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Ireland
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Conor Sheehan (Enterprise Ireland),
Conor.Sheehan@enterprise-ireland.com
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Ireland and ESA have signed the Cooperation agreement in October 2017. Ireland is setting-up a Sentinel data mirror site.
Read the Technical Annex to the
cooperation agreement
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Italy
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Laura Candela (ASI),
Laura.candela @asi.it
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Italy and ESA have signed the Cooperation agreement in October 2014. Italy plans to set-up a Sentinel data mirror site and employs its Matera acquisition station to receive Sentinel data directly from the satellite.
Read the Technical Annex to the
cooperation agreement
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Luxembourg
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Particia Conti (Luxinnovation),
patricia.conti@luxinnovation.lu
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Luxembourg and ESA have signed the Cooperation agreement in April 2017. Luxembourg intends to set-up a Sentinel data mirror site. Read the Technical Annex to the cooperation agreement
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Norway
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Ole Morten Olsen (NSC),
ole.morten.olsen@spaceagency.no
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Norway and ESA have signed the Cooperation agreement in September 2014. The agreement was amended by the current version of Annex 2 in May 2016. Norway is setting up a Sentinel data mirror site. Norway has employed national acquisition stations to receive Sentinel data directly from the satellite.
Read the Technical Annex (Annex 1 / Annex 2)
to the cooperation agreement
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Poland
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Joanna Jurkiewicz (Ministry of Science and Higher Education),
Joanna.Jurkiewicz@mnisw.gov.pl |
Poland and ESA have signed the Cooperation agreement in March 2018.
Read the Technical Annex to the cooperation agreement
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Portugal
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Victor Silva
victor.silva@fct.pt
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Portugal and ESA signed the Cooperation agreement in October 2015.
Read the Technical Annex to the cooperation agreement |
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Romania
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Iulia Dana (ROSA)
iulia.dana@rosa.ro
Ion Nedelcu (ROSA),
ion.nedelcu@rosa.ro
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Romania and ESA signed the Cooperation agreement in December 2017.
Read the Technical Annex to the cooperation agreement
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Slovenia
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Grega Milcinski (Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies)
grega.milcinski@space.si
Kristof Ostir (Slovenian Centre of Excellence for Space Sciences and Technologies)
kristof.ostir@space.si
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Spain |
Monica Lopez Lopez (CDTI)
monica.lopez@cdti.es
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Spain and ESA signed the cooperation arrangement in November 2019.
Read the Technical Annex to the cooperation arrangement
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Sweden
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Björn Lovén
(Swedish National Space Agency),
bjorn.loven@snsa.se,
www.snsa.se
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ESA and Sweden signed the Cooperation agreement in June 2015. Sweden is developing (2019) a National Space Data Lab which aims to offer Artificial Intelligence methods and a data cube for analysis of Copernicus data and other space data.
Read the Technical Annex to the
cooperation agreement |
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The Netherlands
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Jasper van Loon (NSO),
j.vanloon@spaceoffice.nl
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The Netherlands and ESA are discussing potential CollGS activities.
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United Kingdom
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Michelle Odgers (UKSA),
Michelle.Odgers@ukspaceagency.gov.uk.
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United Kingdon plans are now reality. The UK have set-up Sentinel data mirror sites.
Read the Technical Annex to the
cooperation agreement |
CollGS - National Points of Contact
