2.7.1 spase://SMWG/Instrument/SMILE/SXI SXI Soft X-ray Imager 2025-03-20T00:00:00Z 2025-03-20T00:00:00Z Initial SPASE 2.7.1 XML resource description submission, metadata submitted by Rebecca Ringuette The instrument will observe the solar wind interaction with the magnetosphere in X-rays gathering simultaneous images and videos of the dayside magnetopause (where Earth's magnetosphere meets the solar wind), the polar cusps (a region in each hemisphere where particles from the solar wind have direct access to Earth's ionosphere), and the auroral oval (the region around each geomagnetic pole where auroras most often occur). spase://SMWG/Person/Unknown HostContact SMILE Mission Home Page https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/smile/ Imager Soft X-ray Imager on the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer mission spase://SMWG/Observatory/SMILE