Smile pre-launch media briefing

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Watch the replay of the Smile pre-launch media briefing. The briefing covered key details ahead of the mission’s launch aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Smile is a joint mission between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, designed to study how the solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field.

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European Space Agency (ESA)
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ESA Standard Licence

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Space Science
Smile Vega-C
Carole Mundell
Launch Launch campaign Magnetic field

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