ESA and China's SMILE Spacecraft Arrives at Launch Site for April Liftoff to Map Earth's Magnetic Shield in X-Rays
The joint ESA-Chinese Academy of Sciences SMILE spacecraft reached French Guiana after a two-week ocean voyage and is preparing for an April launch on a Vega-C rocket. It will be the first mission to image Earth's magnetosphere in soft X-rays.
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