Video: UAE Hope Probe bound for Mars successfully launches from Japan
Video: UAE Hope Probe bound for Mars successfully launches from Japan
The first Arab interplanetary space mission commenced early on Monday morning as the Hope Probe successfully lifted off from Japan's Tanegashima Space Centre at 1.58am (UAE time).
The UAE Space Agency and Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre also announced that the Ground Control station located in the Al Khawaneej area of Dubai successfully received the first transmission from the Hope Probe at 03:10 am on Monday, reported official news agency WAM.
The Ground Control Team analysed the data and ensure that the solar panels on the probe were facing the sun correctly, and that all other systems were in order.
The probe placed on a Mitsubishi H-IIA rocket, which was released from the rocket at 2.55am, is the first-ever Arab mission to Mars.
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It is expected to enter Mars' orbit in February 2021, the year that the UAE will celebrate its 50th anniversary.
The Hope probe's liftoff to Mars is the culmination of a six-year journey of 200 Emirati engineers and researchers coming together to build the Arab world's first spacecraft.
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