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China and EU launch joint satellite to study Earth's magnetic shield

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China and the European Space Agency have successfully launched their first jointly developed satellite, the SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission. This collaborative project, initiated in 2015, aims to study Earth's magnetic shield and its interaction with solar wind. Despite global challenges, the scientific and engineering teams from both China and Europe maintained a strong partnership throughout the satellite's development. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Holly Chik ·

    SMILE in space: China, EU joint planet defence satellite defies earthly tensions

    China and Europe on Tuesday launched their first jointly developed satellite, a space mission that will explore the precise mechanism of the Earth’s defence against solar wind. The successful collaboration on the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) comes as …

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