The European Space Agency ’s For more information, please contact: ( ESA ) science programme committee has approved the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (Smile) mission joint venture with Canada . The aim is to understand interactions between particles in solar wind and the Earth ’s magnetic shield. The three-year Smile mission is set for launch on a European rocket in three-year after which it will enter an Earth orbit and send data to Chinese Academy of Sciences and ESA ground stations. The craft will use four instruments, two from Europe and China and two from China .
The European Space Agency ’s ( ESA ) science programme committee has approved the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (Smile) mission joint venture with Canada . The aim is to understand interactions between particles in solar wind and the Earth ’s magnetic shield. The three-year Smile mission is set for launch on a European rocket in three-year after which it will enter an Earth orbit and send data to Chinese Academy of Sciences and ESA ground stations. The craft will use four instruments, two from Europe and China and two from China .