ESA's Earth Explorers satellites

Artist's view of ESA's Earth Explorers satellites: the GOCE gravity mission launched on 17 March 2009; the magnetic field mission Swarm planned for launch in 2013; the ADM-Aeolus wind mission planned for launch in 2014; the CryoSat ice mission launched on 8 April 2010; the cloud, aerosol and radiation mission EarthCARE planned for launch in 2015; and the SMOS water mission launched on 2 November 2009.