Copernicus

What is EUMETSAT'S role?

EUMETSAT provides data, products and support services to the Copernicus information services and user communities, with a focus on marine, atmosphere and climate.

This  involves delivering Earth observation data services to Copernicus from the Sentinel satellites, from its own Metop and Meteosat missions, from the ocean-monitoring Sentinel-3 and -6 satellites and Jason-3, and from missions of its international partners (e.g. USA, China, India and Japan).

EUMETSAT is responsible for operating the Sentinel-3 and Sentinel-6 satellites and will also operate and deliver products from the Sentinel-4, and Sentinel-5 instruments onboard Meteosat Third Generation and Metop Second Generations satellites, respectively.

EUMETSAT will also operate, process and disseminate the data from the future Copernicus anthropogenic carbon dioxide-monitoring mission, CO2M, and generate global atmospheric and ocean products from the future Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) and CRISTAL polar-monitoring missions.

Beyond 2030, EUMETSAT will also operate the new generations of Sentinel satellites: Sentinel-3 Next Generation TOPO (topography by altimetry), Sentinel-3 Next Generation OPT (Earth optical imaging) and Sentinel-6 Next Generation.

As well as operating satellites, EUMETSAT also co-manages WEkEO, the global Copernicus data and information access service platform, together with the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, the European Environment Agency and Mercator Ocean International. WEkEO offers easy online access to Copernicus data including all data from Sentinel satellites and the Copernicus marine, land, atmosphere and climate services.