Earth Explorers Programme
ESA's Earth Explorers are focused Earth-observation research missions that investigate specific environmental questions while demonstrating new space technologies. They study the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and Earth's interior, emphasizing interactions among these systems and the effects of human activity. Missions such as GOCE, SMOS, CryoSat, Swarm, Aeolus, and EarthCARE illustrate the programme's combination of targeted scientific measurements and new observing approaches, distinct from a single satellite family.
Identity
- Aliases
- ESA Earth ExplorerESA Earth ExplorersEarth ExplorerEarth Explorers
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- Earth Explorers Programme
- Status
- active
- Types
- researchscience
Details
- Description
- ESA's Earth Explorers are focused Earth-observation research missions that investigate specific environmental questions while demonstrating new space technologies. They study the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, and Earth's interior, emphasizing interactions among these systems and the effects of human activity. Missions such as GOCE, SMOS, CryoSat, Swarm, Aeolus, and EarthCARE illustrate the programme's combination of targeted scientific measurements and new observing approaches, distinct from a single satellite family.
- Leads
- Parent Program
- Participants
- Start Date
- 1992
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 07:59:03 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 17, 2026 at 14:03:14 UTC
Other
- Official Urls
- https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Earth_Explorershttps://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEOhttps://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/FutureEO_at_ESA_s_Ministerial_Council_2025https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/Call_opens_for_ESA_s_twelfth_Earth_Explorerhttps://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/ESA_selects_Harmony_as_tenth_Earth_Explorer