The mission
Smile is using four science instruments to study how Earth responds to the solar wind from the Sun. This is improving our understanding of solar storms, geomagnetic storms and the science of space weather.
The launch
- Launch date: 19 May 2026, 05:52 CEST
- Launch location: Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana
- Launch vehicle: Vega-C
- Destination: highly elliptical orbit around Earth
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Smile set to launch on 19 May
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