Customer: European Space Agency (ESA)

Programme: Copernicus

Supply Chain: ESA > ACRI-ST > CS Group SPACE

Context

CS Group responsabilities for Sentinel-2 Optical Mission Performance Cluster are as follows:

• ESL (Expert Support Laboratories) Coordination,
• ESL L1 Radiometry Lead,
• L1 Processor Prototyping (S2 IPF),
• Tools Maintenance (QCC).

The features are as follows:

• Calibration – update the on-board and on-ground configuration data to meet product quality requirements
• Validation – assess the quality of generated data products
• Quality Control – routinely monitor the status of the sensor and check if derived products meet the quality requirements along mission lifetime.
• Data processors evolutions definition
• End-to-end system performance monitoring – monitor the performance of Sentinel-2 system operations (including the instrument) and assess the system.

Project implementation

The project objectives are as follows:

• Sentinel-2 Image Quality Control & Calibration & Validation
• Sentinel-2 Mission Performance Center

The processes for carrying out the project are:

• Ticketing Workflow

Technical characteristics

The solution key points are as follows:

• ACRI-ST prime for the Consortium (CS, AIRBUS DS, TPZ F, DLR, TPZ G)

The main technologies used in this project are:

Domain	Technology(ies)
Hardware environment(s)	Linux 64 bits
Programming language(s)	Python
Main COTS library(ies)	QGIS