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  "textContent": "The European Space Agency’s (ESA) latest science mission, Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE),…\n\nThe post Vega C set to launch SMILE to study Earth’s magnetosphere appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.",
  "title": "Vega C set to launch SMILE to study Earth’s magnetosphere"
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