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08 Apr 2026
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launch status: TBD
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡« Vega-C – Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) – Arianespace (Commercial) — Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical) — Astrophysics
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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.