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Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
Avio S.p.AAriane Launch Area 1 (ELV) — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
- Type
- Astrophysics
- Target orbit
- Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Vega-C
- Family
- Vega
- Provider
- Avio S.p.A
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- ITA
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launch site
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
- Location
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- GUF
- Timezone
- America/Cayenne
- Coordinates
- 5.2360, -52.7750