Hope Probe 158 days away from orbit of Mars, covers 126 million km

Hope Probe 158 days away from orbit of Mars, covers 126 million km

Hope Probe 158 days away from orbit of Mars, covers 126 million km

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Yamama Bedwan, Staff Reporter

The Hope Probe has commenced the third phase of its operations of directing it towards the Mars on Thursday, following the completion of all tests after 45 days from its launch.

The UAE Space Agency on Thursday said, "The Hope Probe has now commenced the 'normal operations' phase of its cruise, following the successful completion of the commissioning phase in which we have ensured that all onboard systems are operating nominally.“

It continued, "As the distance between the Hope probe and Earth increases, we are now reducing communications to essential operations during the cruise phase as we head towards our third Trajectory Control manouevre in November.“

The probe had