Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
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SUCCESS Astrophysics Elliptical Orbit
§ Launch
- Provider
- Avio S.p.A
- Vehicle
- Vega-C
- Customer
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Mission name
- Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
§ Pad
- Name
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
- Operator
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- GUF
- Coordinates
- 5.2360°, -52.7750°
§ Mission
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.