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Airbus brings a SMILE to ESA

It will study the interaction between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere

Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency to build the European component of the SMILE satellite (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer). SMILE will be the first joint satellite mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), following on from the success of the Double Star / Tan Ce mission which flew between 2003 and 2008.The objective...

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Madrid, Spain, 07/30/2019 17:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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