# Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE): launch

> Vega-C by Avio S.p.A from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana. Flown: Success.

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## Facts

- Launch: Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
- Mission: Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
- Provider: Avio S.p.A
- Rocket: Vega-C
- Pad: Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country of the launch site: GUF
- Date (UTC): Tue, May 19, 03:52 UTC (2026-05-19T03:52:10.000Z)
- Status: completed (Launch Library 2: Success)
- Outcome: Success
- Real slips recorded: 0; other date moves (placeholder rolls, firmings), not slips: 0

## Mission description

Quoted from Launch Library 2: 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.

## Date history

No date change recorded for this launch since our ledger began.

## Sources

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- [Mission information (link from Launch Library 2)](https://www.avio.com/press-kit/launch-kit-vv29)

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