Smile pre-launch media briefing @esaextras
Smile pre-launch media briefing  @esaextras
Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Watch the replay of the Smile pre-launch media briefing. The briefing covered key details ahead of the mission’s launch aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Smile is a joint mission between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, designed to study how the solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field.

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Smile pre-launch media briefing

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