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Smile

Imaging Earth’s magnetic environment

Smile

The mission

Smile will build up a complete understanding of the Sun-Earth connection by measuring the solar wind and its dynamic interaction with Earth’s magnetosphere.

The launch

  • Launch period: 2025
  • Launch location: Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana
  • Launch vehicle: Vega-C
  • Destination: highly elliptical orbit around Earth
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Smiles all round: Vega-C to launch ESA solar wind mission

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The Smile mission

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Smile spacecraft during a test of the magnetometer boom dep…

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Smile spacecraft during a test of the magnetometer boom deployment
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Smile spacecraft during a spacecraft-launcher fit-check

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Smile spacecraft during a spacecraft-launcher fit-check
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Smile spacecraft during mechanical testing

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Highlights from the test campaign of the Smile payload modu…

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Smile payload module travels to China

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Smile payload module travels to China
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Balloon boom

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ESA gives go-ahead for Smile mission with China

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What is space weather?

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ESA and Chinese Academy of Sciences to study Smile as joint…

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Top three mysteries Smile will solve

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More about Smile

The spacecraft The instruments Smile at the Chinese Academy of Sciences

More about the Sun-Earth connection

The Sun Space weather What are solar flares? The solar wind

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