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SMILE space mission begins scientific operations

The joint ESA and CAS spacecraft reached its target orbit in June following a May launch.

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The joint European Space Agency and Chinese Academy of Sciences Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer mission has officially begun scientific operations.[2]