Launch Date
19 May 2026
UTC Time
05:52 UTC
Vehicle
Vega-C
Operator
Avio S.p.A
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit
Launch Site
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Mission Overview
Joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to investigate the interaction between Earth’s protective shield – the magnetosphere – and the supersonic solar wind.
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