Smile Archive
Imaging Earth’s magnetic environment
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.
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The launch
- Launch date: expected to be ready for launch by end 2025
- Launch location: Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana
- Launch vehicle: Vega-C
- Destination: highly elliptical orbit around Earth
- 4 instruments
- 121 000 km above the poles
- 3 year lifetime
