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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-19 15:56:09

Press releases about the successful #Smile launch: esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp and gov.uk/government/news/uk-play and le.ac.uk/news/2026/may/landmar and avio.com/press-release/avio-su and cnes.fr/evenements/vv29-lancem - and two photos from x.com/EuropeSpacePort/status/2 and bsky.app/profile/transport.esa

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-19 04:17:40

The #Smile mission is progressing smoothly along the timeline in esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp - the first upper stage boost has just taken place, to be followed by a second one and deployment of the spacecraft in 1/2 hour. Here it is during launch preps, from the Chinese album facebook.com/Spacewalk2021/pos

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-19 02:05:50

In 1 1/2 hours - at 3:30 UTC - the #ESA live transmission of the #Vega launch of #Smile should begin at youtube.com/watch?v=6q8aKbcKCOs (see esa.int/Science_Exploration/Sp for more about the mission and youtube.com/watch?v=uZzio0c3YSk for a pre-launch press conference in March).

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-19 03:59:13

And here comes #Smile - clean on-time Vega-C launch of the novel Euro-Chinese magnetosphere imager!

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-19 04:56:22

Three good news from #Smile: separation, AOS and solar cell deployment: bsky.app/profile/science.esa.i

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-02-23 12:22:18

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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2026-05-15 18:23:46

Before #Smile can begin studying how Earth responds to the streams of particles and bursts of radiation from the Sun, the spacecraft had to complete an extraordinary journey here on Earth: youtube.com/watch?v=qwfJNEoDUvo