Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-3-OLCI PAC at DLR

GMES / Copernicus is the European Earth Observation Programme, conducted jointly by the EC, ESA, EUMETSAT and the member states. The Sentinel satellites (Copernicus space segment) are expected to be launched in 2014 (Sentinel-1A, -2A, and -3A). The core payload data ground segment (PDGS) is managed by ESA and operated by national partners. In this core ground segment, the DLR German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) was selected to install and operate Processing and Archiving Centers (PACs) for Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-3-OLCI. This paper describes the current status of the project “Preparation and Operations of the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-3 OLCI Off-line Processing and Archiving Centre at DLR Oberpfaffenhofen (S1-PAC / S3-OLCI-PAC)”.