Smile
Imaging Earth’s magnetic environment
The mission
Smile will use four science instruments to study how Earth responds to the solar wind from the Sun. This will improve our understanding of solar storms, geomagnetic storms and the science of space weather.
The launch
- Launch date: 9 April 2026 (postponed due to a technical issue occurred on a subsystem component production line after VV29 launcher integration, new launch date TBC)
- Launch location: Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana
- Launch vehicle: Vega-C
- Destination: highly elliptical orbit around Earth
- 4 instruments
- 121 000 km above North Pole
- 3 year lifetime
- >250 scientists
Latest
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VideoScience & Exploration
Introducing the Smile mission – Let’s Smile (episode 1)
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VideoScience & Exploration
Completing the spacecraft – Let’s Smile (episode 2)
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VideoScience & Exploration
Testing, testing, testing – Let’s Smile (episode 3)
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VideoScience & Exploration
Good to go – Let's Smile (episode 4)
