Mission record
Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Avio S.p.A
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
Elliptical
Mission type
Astrophysics
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Tue, 19 May 2026 03:52:10 GMT
Orbital launch #
#7287 ever
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.
Deployed payloads · 1