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ESA's Smile mission begins science operations
Original: Science begins for Smile
The European Space Agency has announced that its Smile mission has started its science phase. Smile, short for Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer, is a joint ESA and Chinese Academy of Sciences mission designed to study how the solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field. The announcement confirms the spacecraft has completed commissioning and has begun returning data for scientific analysis.
Why now: The start of science operations marks a milestone for the joint ESA-China solar wind mission, drawing attention from the space community.
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