New spacecraft will watch Earth’s shield take the hit as solar storms come roaring in Phys.org
Joint ESA-China SMILE mission set for launch to study Earth’s magnetic shield SpaceNews
A joint European-Chinese magnetosphere mission launches in 2026 — the same year Brussels closes most of its €93.5 billion Horizon Europe programme to Chinese institutions, and the carve-out reveals which knowledge Europe still classifies as ‘merely curi Space Daily
‘Smile’ space weather satellite ready for take off with Swiss tech on board SWI swissinfo.ch
Vega-C with Smile inside its mobile hangar on the launch pad European Space Agency