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NewsMay 21

SMILE Lifts Off on Vega-C to Capture First X-Ray Images of Earth's Magnetic Shield

ESA and China's joint Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer launched on 19 May from French Guiana after a six-week delay, beginning a three-year mission to image the magnetosphere in soft X-rays and ultraviolet for the first time.

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NewsMar 19

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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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