Living Planet Program

摘要

1.Earth Explorer-7 and -8 undergoing feasibility studies 2.Lidar sensor for EarthCARE suffered delays, causing program costs to increase 30 percent and an expected two-year launch delay 3.Swarm mission selected as next Opportunity mission; Astrium Satellites is the prime contractor 4.CryoSat replacement, CryoSat-2, launched in 2010.