Launch of satellite to study Earth’s magnetic shield hailed by lead scientists as result of ‘true 50/50 collaboration’.

La missione Smile sarà lanciata stanotte alle 3,52 a bordo di un razzo Vega-C dallo spazioporto europeo nella Guyana francese

A joint European–Chinese spacecraft has blasted off into orbit on a pioneering mission to uncover what happens when violent solar storms crash into Earth’s magnetic shield, in a…

The spacecraft achieved lift-off on a Vega-C rocket at 0352 GMT on Tuesday from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. | World News

The SMILE mission will track the Earth’s magnetosphere, which protects the planet from charged particles that come from the Sun.

China-Europe SMILE project benefits global scientific community: ESA head-

Launch of satellite to study Earth’s magnetic shield hailed by lead scientists as result of ‘true 50/50 collaboration’.