Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE)
Avio S.p.A · Vega-C
Success
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Launch Details
Launch Date
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Agency
Avio S.p.ARocket
Vega-C
Launch Pad
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Launch date history
No date changes since Orbit started tracking this launch on 27 Sep 2026.
Mission Progress
Current Stage
Orbit Insertion
Payload deployed to target orbit — primary mission success
9 of 9 stages complete
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- Announced
Mission confirmed and added to the launch manifest
- Vehicle Integration
Rocket assembled and transported to the launch pad
- Pre-Launch Checks
Fuelling, systems checks, and final go/no-go polling
- Launch Window Open
Countdown active — T-0 within the launch window
- Liftoff
Main engines ignite and the vehicle clears the tower
- Max-Q
Maximum aerodynamic pressure on the vehicle
- MECO / Stage Separation
Main engine cutoff and first stage separates
- Second Stage Ignition
Upper stage engine ignites to continue to orbit
- Orbit Insertion
Payload deployed to target orbit — primary mission success
Launch Provider
Avio S.p.A
CommercialAvioAvio S.p.A. is an Italian company operating in the aerospace sector with its head office in Colleferro near Rome, Italy. Founded in 1908, it is present in Italy and abroad with different commercial offices and 10 production sites.
Founded1908
Total launches2
CountryITA
Rocket & Vehicle
Vega-C
Vega
Launch Pad
Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV)
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Lat 5.236
Lng -52.775
Launches from pad56
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