Sentinel-6 ground segment

• EUMETSAT has responsibility for ground segment development and coordination at system level, including for operations preparation.
• EUMETSAT also has responsibility for operations of the European part of the ground segment, including processing of altimeter data and delivery of product services to European users.
• NASA has responsibility for the development and delivery of the US payload instruments, the MW radiometer and the GNSS radio occultation receiver.
• NASA provides ground segment development support and will contribute to operations and data processing on the US side, including processing of GNSS radio occultation data.
• NASA and NOAA will share responsibility for the distribution of products to research and operational users in the US.
• NOAA provides a US ground station for tracking and command of the satellite and data down links.
• CNES has responsibility for processing higher-level products (L2B, L3) and for providing precise orbit determination and support for Doris and altimeter operations.
• The Copernicus POD (Precise Orbit Determination) Service is responsible of the provision of Near-Real Time (NRT) POD products as well as auxiliary data files required for the generation of precise orbit products.

Ground segment sites

Core ground segment elements