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Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)

Vega-C | Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)

Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

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Arianespace

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)

Joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield – the magnetosphere – and the supersonic solar wind.

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Vega-C

Height 30.10 Meters

Max Stages 4

Mass To GTO 0 kg

Liftoff Thrust 2974 kN

Diameter 3.00 Meters

Mass To LEO 1500 kg

Liftoff Mass 136 Tonnes

Launch Success 1

Consecutive Success 1

Maiden Flight 2022-07-13

Launch Failures 1

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin

2024-05-01T03:42:40+0000

NET late 2025.

Nosu

2023-02-23T17:01:47+0000

Adding launch NET April 2025

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