UAE’s Mars Mission ‘Hope’ on verge of creating history

The United Arab Emirates is on the verge of creating history and joining an elite club of nations next week when it will launch its first-ever mission to Mars.

Time for first intergenerational mission

• Emirates Mars Mission ‘Hope’ was launched at 6:58:14 Japanese time. This mission was launched at 3:28 am Indian time.
• With this, the seven-month journey of this vehicle to Mars started.
• Although it was to be launched on July 15, it was postponed for some time due to bad weather.

No humans on board

• No human has gone in this vehicle. Its live feed was also shown. On this vehicle, ‘Al-Amal’ was written in Arabic.
• The vehicle took off from Tanegashima Space Center in South Japan.

Will reach Mars by February 2021

• The Emirate project is one of those three flights to Mars, including Tianwen-1 from China and Mars 2020 from the United States.
• According to NASA, in October, Mars will be comparatively 62.07 million kilometers away from Earth.
• ‘Hope’ is expected to reach Mars orbit by February 2021 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the integration of the UAE.

Purpose of this mission

• However, the purpose of this Mars mission is to gather accurate information about the environment and weather of this red planet.
• The ‘Hope’ mission is being seen as a great source of inspiration in the Arab world.
• It is expected that this will increase the interest of the youth of the UAE and children of the Arab world towards science.

Hope for the study of Mars

• The Hope satellite will keep its position equatorial for the study of Mars. Its distance from the planet will be between 22 thousand and 44 thousand kilometers.

Rocket designed by Japanese company Mitsubushi

• The rocket launched is designed by Mitsubushi Heavy Industry.
• The statement issued by the company said that we have launched the H-IIA launch vehicle number 42 Spacecraft’s mission of Emirates Mars Mission (EMM).

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