CProS
The CProS project (Copernicus Production Service) is financed by ESA as part of the Copernicus Programme. In this project, raw data from the Sentinel-1B satellite are systematically processed to L0, L1 and L2 products. For this purpose a framework jointly developed by DFD and BCM with the name prosEO (Processing System for Earth Observation), is used by DFD. It is provided with service-oriented architecture and result-based work flow generation, and has, in addition, multi-cloud capability. The raw satellite data are retrieved using interfaces with four X-band ground stations (for example, DFD-NBS Neustrelitz) and via EDRS. Data processing with near-real-time (NRT) or non-time-critical (NTC) specifications takes place in the IONOS public cloud. This cloud environment also contains a point of transfer to the Copernicus data access components and to the four long-term archives (LTAs) contracted by ESA.
In the CProS project (Copernicus Sentinel-1 Production Service) DFD has assembled on behalf of ESA the processing chain for systematically processing data from ESA’s Sentinel-1B radar satellite.
After the failure of the SAR instrument of Sentinel-1B in December 2021 and the final switch-off of the S1B satellite in summer 2022 no new acquired data is available from Sentinel-1B.
Currently there are preparation activities ongoing in the project to prepare for the satellite Sentinel-1C. Its launch is currently planned by ESA for the end of 2023. The CProS project is intended to take over the systematical processing of SAR data from Sentinel-1C after the launch of the new satellite.