Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Hope (Emirates Mars Mission)

H-IIA 202

SUCCESS
Success

Sunday, July 19, 2020 · 21:58 UTC

Mission

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Hope Mars Mission, also known as Al-Amal, is UAE's first interplanetary space probe. It's an orbiter which will study Martian atmosphere and climate with the help of 3 science instruments: Emirates Exploration imager (EXI), Emirates Mars Ultraviolet Spectrometer (EMUS), and Emirates Mars Infrared Spectrometer (EMIR). These instruments were designed and built in collaboration with University of Colorado, University of California and Arizona State University. Hope is planned to arrive to Mars in February 2021 and has an expected lifetime of 2 years.

Mission Type

Planetary Science

Orbit

Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

H-IIA 202

Variant: 202

Launch Pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

30.401° N, 130.978° E

49

Pad Launches

82

Location Launches

43

Agency Launches

53

Orbital This Year

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