Payload
SMILE
OperationalPayloadLEO
SMILE is a European Space Agency payload satellite, launched on May 19, 2026 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 19, 2026 at 03:52 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Vega-C →
- Operator
- Avio S.p.A
- Mission
- Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 709 km
- Periapsis
- 696 km
- Inclination
- 70°
- Orbital period
- 98.83 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Space Agency
- Launch mass
- 2,300 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2026-109A
- NORAD catalog №
- 69123
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Status
- Operational