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UVI will image Earth's northern auroral regions
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Smile's UVI instrument

30/04/2024 92 views 1 likes 492698 ID

ESA's Smile mission will carry onboard the ultaviolet aurora imager (UVI) to image Earth's northern auroral regions. This will help us study the connections between processes that the spacecraft's SXI instrument spots at the boundary of the magnetosphere.

  • CREDIT
    X.-X. Zhang, CMA, China and Y. Wang, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • LICENCE
    ESA Standard Licence
The Smile mission
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The Smile mission

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Smile payload module travels to China
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Smile payload module travels to China

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Introducing the Smile mission – Let’s Smile (episode 1)

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Smile spacecraft during mechanical testing

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LIA will help investigate the properties and behaviour of the solar wind, as well as the behaviour of Earth's magnetosphere where it meets the solar wind.
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Smile's LIA instrument

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