Vega C Deploys ESA-China Smile Satellite

Vega C Deploys ESA-China Smile Satellite | Aviation Week

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Vega C rocket lifts off with Smile satellite.

Credit: ESA

An Avio Vega C rocket on May 19 deployed the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (Smile) satellite, a rare joint mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Chinese Academy of Sciences. The rocket lifted off at 00:52 local time on May 19 from the European spaceport at Kourou…

Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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