Cluster and XMM-Newton pave the way for SMILE

A joint European-Chinese spacecraft, SMILE is currently scheduled for launch in 2023. It will be placed in a highly inclined, elliptical orbit around Earth, which will take it as far as 120 000 km from our planet.

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https://phys.org/news/2019-08-cluster-xmm-newton-pave.html