Recent Progress of the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) Mission

WANG Chi; ESCOUBET Philippe; FORSYTH Colin; LI Jing; AGNOLON David

doi:10.11728/cjss2024.04.2024-yg18

Recent Progress of the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) Mission

doi: 10.11728/cjss2024.04.2024-yg18 cstr: 32142.14.cjss2024.04.2024-yg18

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State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
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European Space Agency/European Space Research and Technology Centre, Noordwijk 2201 AZ
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Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, London RH5 6 NT

Funds: Founded by the Strategic Priority Research Program on Space Science, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA15350000)

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Author Bio:
Male, born in February 1967 in Shaoyang City, Hunan Province, China, is currently a professor at the National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and an academician of the CAS. His research focu- ses on the large-scale structures of the solar wind, the interaction between the solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere, and related fields. He has published more than 300 articles in a batch of academic journals like Nature. E-mail: cw@spaceweather.ac.cn

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Abstract: The SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) mission is a joint space science mission between the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA), aiming to understand the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth’s magnetosphere in a global manner. As of May 2024, the SMILE mission is in phase-D with an expected launch date of September 2025. This report summarizes developments in the mission during the past two years.
- SMILE /
- Soft X-ray Imager /
- Ultra-Violet Imager /
- Light Ion Analyzer /
- Magnetometer

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Figure 1. SMILE satellite structure

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Figure 2. SMILE M-CDR group photo in Shanghai

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Figure 3. Deformation of the magnetopause caused by high-speed jets as revealed by the X-ray emissivity (upper panel) and X-ray images (lower panel)

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Figure 4. Assembly of the SVM with PM

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Figure 5. SXI Telescope PFM during vibration test conducted at RAL Space (credit to S. Sembay, U. Leicester, UK)

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Figure 6. QM of UVI

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Figure 7. FM of MAG boom (left) and electronic box (right)

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Figure 8. FM of LIA

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Figure 9. SMILE ground segment architecture

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Figure 10. Vega-C fit check with satellite in 2023 in ESTEC (Credit to ESA)

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