UAE Hope Probe: What happens after the big take-off?

UAE Hope Probe: What happens after the big take-off?

Once the Hope Probe blasts into space on a Mitsubishi H-IIA rocket, it will set off an eastward trajectory over the Pacific Ocean.





In less than nine hours, the moment the world has been waiting for will arrive. The UAE's Hope Probe will attempt to become the first Arab interplanetary mission, as it launches on a course set for the Red Planet.

This is us. our dream, aspiration and inspiration. Always looking up to the sky and beyond. #HopeMarsMission pic.twitter.com/KZ0cbrRFGH

- Hope Mars Mission (@HopeMarsMission) July 19, 2020

With all the build-up towards the launch - which has been delayed twice so far due to unstable weather conditions at the launch site in Japan - it's time to ask: what happens afterwards?

Here's all you need to know about what happens once the Hope Probe is deployed.

STAGE 1: LIFT-OFF!

>Once the Hope Probe blasts into space on a Mitsubishi H-IIA rocket, it will set off an eastward trajectory over the Pacific Ocean.

>The solid rocket boosters (that provide additional thrust needed to escape Earth's gravitational pull) are expended, and the fairing (an external structure used to protect the probe) is discarded.

The Launch Vehicle, which is carrying the #HopeProbe, has been rolled out of the