Preparing Smile for space

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The European Space Agency wants to explore with a new mission the reaction of the Earth's magnetic shield to space weather.

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How exactly does the Earth's magnetic shield react to space weather? To answer this question, the European space agency ESA has sent the "Smile" mission into space. It is likely that it will take several months until the first scientific data of the three-year mission is available. "Smile" is intended to depict both solar winds and energy-rich eruptions of the sun as well as the reaction of the Earth's dynamic shield. Among other things, Germany…

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Among other things, "Smile" is intended to depict solar winds and high-energy outbursts of the sun.

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The new ESA satellite SMILE has started to orbit the Earth: there it will observe polar lights and the magnetic field and thus improve the prediction of solar storms. They can endanger technology and infrastructure. By Jan Kerckhoff.

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The European mission aims to study more closely the solar winds (responsible for the northern aurora) in order to better protect themselves from them.