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.
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Vega-C
Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
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T-0 (UTC)03:52 UTC
VehicleVega-C
StatusGo
T-0 (UTC)19 May 2026 at 03:52 UTC
VehicleVega-C
Launch padAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
CountryGUF
TypeAstrophysics
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