Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer Spacecraft
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission is a joint space science mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), aiming to understand the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth’s magnetosphere in a global manner. The mission was adopted by CAS in November 2016 and by ESA in March 2019 with a target launch in 2025. The SMILE mission successfully passed the join mission Preliminary Design Review in 2020 and the joint spacecraft and mission Critical Design Review in June 2023. The SMILE spacecraft Flight Model is now in the final stage of Assembly, Integration and Test campaign which will be carried out at ESTEC in September 2024. It will then be shipped to the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana for launch. This paper summarizes the SMILE mission development, design and status as of June 2024.
Source: Space Science Reviews
Authors: Jing Li, Hua-Wang Li, Xiao-Feng Zhang, Wen Chen, Xing-Jian Shi, David Agnolon, Chris Runciman, Benjamin Vanoutryve, Sylvain Vey, Walfried Raab, Javier Sanchez de Palma, Sergio Moreno, S. Sembay, Jin-Dong Wang, Yong-Mei Wang, Lin-Gao Kong, Lei Dai, Lei Li, Tian-Ran Sun, Ji-Zhou Tong, Jianhua Zheng, Xiao-Xin Zhang, Fei He
Institutions: Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Space Science Center, Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Meteorological Administration, European Space Agency, European Space Research and Technology Centre, Airbus (Spain), University of Leicester, Institute of Geology and Geophysics
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,890
Funder: Chinese Academy of Sciences
OpenAlex ID: W4405104953