The European Space Agency is operating the Copernicus Space Component for the implementation of EO data access from the fleet of satellites contributing to the programme.

Since 2008, access to data from over 40 European and international space missions operated by national agencies or commercial entities has been granted to eligible Copernicus Users. With the progressive availability of Starting in 2014, the dedicated Sentinel missions developed by ESA, are to become Copernicus Contributing Missions (CCMs), enlarging significantly the overall operational Earth Observation capability needed is considerably enlarged to support fulfil the needs of the Copernicus Services.

ESA implements and operates the Coordinated Data Access System (CDS) and the interfaces with all the Contributing Missions, for an harmonized data provision service to the Copernicus Users, and to support the building of the datasets defined within the Data Access Portfolio (DAP).

The Copernicus users access the EO data according to access rights defined per user category; the Data Access Portfolio (DAP) describes the data offer as a series of EO data collections (datasets) and the conditions (i.e. data licensing, ordering mechanisms, product types available, delivery timeliness, data access mechanisms) under which they are accessible.

The Services Coordinated Interface (SCI) is the interface for all Copernicus Users for Sentinel users' support. In addition the Desk coordinates the provision and access to Contributing Missions data as defined in the Data Access Portfolio.

While Sentinel dedicated information is available in the present pages, the CSCDA website is the entry point for Copernicus Services to obtain information regarding the global data offer, available tools and data provisions status.

The SCI is available for support at EOSupport@copernicus.esa.int

• Copernicus Open Access Hub
• Open Source Data Hub Software Portal

• Legal notice for Sentinel Data
• FAQs

• Sentinel App for iOS
• Sentinel App for Android