MSL is scheduled for 2011, followed by the Mars Scout mission in 2013. Both candidates (MAVEN and Great Escape) for the 2013 mission were to have climate study implications as they are upper atmosphere scientific packages with the MAVEN spacecraft being the final choice.
The People's Republic of China is launching a Mars orbiter called Yinghuo-1 in 2011. Its mission is not entirely clear but will focus mainly on the study of the external environment of Mars and should thus gain some data of interest to Mars climatologists. Russia will simultaneously launch Phobos-Grunt on the same rocket. Its destination and main focus will be Phobos but certain Mars climate related data are scheduled to be coming back from this probe as well.
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