"Smile" satellite soon to take off with Swiss technology Keystone-SDA On May 19 at 05:52 Swiss time, the 'Smile' satellite will be launched into space to study solar storms. This content was published on May 17, 2026 - 12:15 For the researchers involved, the launch is a special moment – and nerve-wracking at the same time. “I would love hide in the basement during the launch and wait until it’s all over,” said André Csillaghy from the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) in an interview with the Keystone-SDA news agency. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in...