# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/621 of 20 April 2018 on the technical specifications for the Copernicus space component pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 377/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Division 3.3.1: General description

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Sentinel Ground Segment shall provide the primary access to Sentinel missions. The primary components of the Sentinel ground segments shall be the following:
(a) sentinel Flight Operations Segment (FOS);
(b) sentinel Payload Data Ground Segment (PDGS).
The Sentinel PDGS operations shall rely on a Wide Area Network (WAN) and Data Access Services.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/621/annex/division/3/division/3.3/division/3.3.1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-621/annex/division-3/division-3.3/division-3.3.1
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