{"id":680968,"date":"2026-05-20T02:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/680968\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T02:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T02:36:12","slug":"teledyne-sensors-launch-on-esa-smile-mission-to-image-earths-magnetosphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/680968\/","title":{"rendered":"Teledyne sensors launch on ESA SMILE mission to image Earth\u2019s magnetosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Teledyne-Space.jpg.webp\" rel=\"lightbox\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Teledyne-Space.jpg.webp\" class=\"alignright lazyload\" width=\"300px\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/500;\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Teledyne Space Imaging says two of its CCD370 imaging sensors have launched aboard the European Space Agency\u2019s SMILE mission (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer), which lifted off at 04:52 BST from Europe\u2019s Spaceport in French Guiana.<\/p>\n<p>SMILE is a scientific collaboration intended to improve understanding of space weather and the interaction between the Sun and Earth. The mission will use four science instruments to study how Earth responds to the solar wind, with the aim of improving knowledge of solar storms, geomagnetic storms and broader space-weather processes that can affect technology and operations.<\/p>\n<p>Teledyne\u2019s sensors are part of SMILE\u2019s Soft X-ray Imager, designed to capture soft X-ray emissions produced as solar wind particles interact with Earth\u2019s magnetic field. The company said the sensors will observe photons with energies from 0.2 to 2.0 keV, supporting studies of boundary regions where the solar wind meets Earth\u2019s magnetosphere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSMILE will provide scientists with a new perspective on the complex interaction between the Sun and Earth,\u201d said David Morris, Chief Engineer at Teledyne Space Imaging. \u201cOur CCD technology is enabling this mission to be the first to image Earth\u2019s magnetosphere using X-ray light, helping scientists better understand the mechanisms behind space weather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud to play a pivotal role in this mission,\u201d added Daniel Waller, Vice President and General Manager of Teledyne Space Imaging. \u201cUnderstanding space weather helps protect our planet, the technology we rely on, and our astronauts in space. We have a long heritage of supporting major international space missions, including SMILE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teledyne said design, manufacturing, test and qualification of the CCD detectors were carried out at its facility in Chelmsford, England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teledyne Space Imaging says two of its CCD370 imaging sensors have launched aboard the European Space Agency\u2019s SMILE&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,12713,249968,66,249969],"class_list":["post-680968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-earths-magnetosphere","tag-europes-spaceport","tag-science","tag-teledyne-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}