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Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE).

Vega-C · Avio · Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) · Elliptical

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Joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield – the magnetosphere – and the supersonic solar wind.

Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) mission patch
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source: ll.thespacedevs.com · confidence: 0.90 · fetched: 2026-06-01T14:36:14.213+00:00 · feed: launch_library_2