SMILE
will use the world's first space-borne soft X-ray imager (developed by
ESA) to capture wide-field, panoramic images of the boundary where solar
wind impacts Earth's magnetic shield.
Europe and China successfully launched the joint SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission on May 19, 2026.
Liftoff occurred at 04:52 BST (00:52 local time) aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
The
mission marks a landmark collaboration between the European Space
Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), built to study
how Earth's magnetic field responds to the sun's solar winds.
Mission Overview
- Primary Goal: To investigate the dynamic interactions between the Sun's solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere.
- Key Focus: To help scientists better understand dangerous space weather, solar storms, and geomagnetic storms that can impact Earth's power grids and satellites.
- Duration: The SMILE satellite will stay in orbit for an initial mission span of three years.
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