Smile mission spacecraft launch from Kourou on 19 May 2026 captured in timelapse (esa.int)

• Smile launched 19 May 2026 from Kourou
• Timelapse video shows cleanroom to space
• Mission studies solar wind-magnetosphere interaction
• International collaboration

"The Smile spacecraft (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 19 May 2026. A 3-minute 24-second timelapse video documents launch operations from cleanroom to space. Smile is an international mission to study solar wind interaction with Earth's magnetosphere, improving space weather understanding."