SMILE Mission

Objectives and Applications

SMILE will investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield – the magnetosphere – and the supersonic solar wind. The mission is expected to make an important contribution to our understanding of space weather and, in particular, the physical processes taking place during the continuous interaction between the solar wind and the magnetosphere.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
ESA
Launch Date
Dec 2025
Mission Links
EOL Date
Jan 2028
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Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Highly elliptical
Orbit Period
2880 minutes
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