<p>ESA have launched five missions in the Earth Explorers programme – GOCE, CryoSat, SMOS, Swarm, and Aeolus – each of which is dedicated to observing an aspect of Earth’s system. Four more missions are currently planned - EarthCARE, Biomass, FLEX, and FORUM - which will further our understanding of Earth's climate.</p>

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New datasets have been released for the Cryo-TEMPO thematic products.

Brand new Cryo-TEMPO Baseline-B boosts CryoSat research

Learn about how RADARSAT scans Earth's surface in our new infographic.

Discover how RADARSAT scans Earth's surface

New CryoTEMPO EOLIS baseline 2 point and gridded products are now available monthly as of January 2023.

New CryoTEMPO-EOLIS baseline 2 point and gridded products

ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission (SMOS) was the second Earth Explorer launched in 2009. Over 13 years on, having already vastly exceeded its predicted lifetime and initial objectives, the mission has been further extended until at least the end of 2025.

Overachieving SMOS mission primed for continued success

In this video, Tommaso Parrinello - Mission Manager of Aeolus and CryoSat - describes what is involved in managing the missions and the unique challenges offered by such innovative satellites.

CryoSat and Aeolus introduced by Tommaso Parrinello

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