The Sentinel Data Access Annual Report 2016 is a deliverable of the “Sentinels Rolling Archive User Access, Operations, Maintenance and Evolutions” contract (n.: 4000116830/16/I-BG) between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the consortium led by Serco S.p.A as Prime Contractor.
This document provides an annual report of the Sentinel Data Access Service operated by the consortium as part of the Copernicus programme.

On 27 April 2016, the data access service provider Serco SpA released an annual report, analysing the performance of the Data Access System since the start of operations and public uptake of Copernicus Sentinel data1.

This 2016 annual report takes up from where the 2015 report left off, and tracks the system’s performance and user activity during the period 1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016. Throughout this document, Y2016 will be used to refer to the current reporting period of 1 December 2015 to 30 November 2016; and
Y2015 will be used to refer to the previous reporting period of 3 October 2014 to 30 November 2015.