Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
Vega-C · Avio S.p.A · Guiana Space Centre
- Launch (UTC)
- May 19, 2026, 03:52 UTC
- Outcome
- Launched successfully
- Rocket
- Vega-C
- Provider
- Avio S.p.A
- Site
- 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.