EU-China SMILE Spacecraft Launches to Study Solar Winds
A joint European-Chinese spacecraft named SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) successfully launched from French Guiana. Its mission is to observe how Earth's magnetic shield reacts to solar winds and storms, aiming to understand how the sun causes auroras.
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European-Chinese spacecraft SMILE sent on solar wind exploration mission
The spacecraft achieved lift-off on a Vega-C rocket at 0352 GMT on Tuesday from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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EU-China spacecraft takes off on mission to probe solar winds The Straits Times
Read full article →EU-China solar exploration spaceship launches successfully from French Guiana
A joint European–Chinese spacecraft has blasted off into orbit on a pioneering mission to uncover what happens when violent solar storms crash into Earth’s magnetic shield, in a project that could improve forecasts of dangerous space weather and deepen understanding of the auroras that light up polar skies.
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