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Earth, SMILE and Europe

The European-Chinese SMILE spacecraft just lifted off on a Vega C rocket to watch solar wind slam into Earth’s magnetic shield in real time

At 5:52 a.m. Central European time on May 19, 2026, a Vega C rocket climbed away from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana carrying a spacecraft built to do something no instrument has done before: film the invisible collision between the solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field in X-ray light.

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SMILE spacecraft launches to capture first X-ray views of Earth's magnetic shield

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One last mission? China and Europe launch spacecraft to study Earth’s magnetic field, solar wind

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ESA-China SMILE mission lifts off to deliver first global images of Earth’s magnetosphere

ESA-China SMILE mission lifts off to deliver first global images of Earth's magnetosphere The SMILE mission developed jointly ...

Teledyne Space Imaging Sensors Launch Aboard European Space Agency’s SMILE Mission

Teledyne Space Imaging, a leading supplier of space-qualified imaging sensors, focal plane arrays and integrated camera systems, announced it supplied two CCD370 imaging sensors for the Soft X-ray ...

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Earth, SMILE and Europe

ESA-China SMILE mission lifts off to deliver first global images of Earth’s magnetosphere

Teledyne Space Imaging Sensors Launch Aboard European Space Agency’s SMILE Mission

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