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H-IIA 202 | Hope (Emirates Mars Mission)
Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 — Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Hope (Emirates Mars Mission)
- Type
- Planetary Science
- Target orbit
- Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- H-IIA 202
- Family
- H-II
- Variant
- 202
- Provider
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- JPN
webcasts
- Hope Mars Mission: Live Launch
- Live streaming for the launch of H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.42
- Live streaming for the launch of H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.42
- إطلاق مسبار الأمل – البث المباشر
- إطلاق مسبار الأمل – البث المباشر
- Hope Mars Mission: Live Launch |Without Commentary|
- H-IIAロケット42号機打上げライブ中継 / Live streaming for the launch of H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.42
launch site
- Pad
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- Location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Country
- JPN
- Timezone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Coordinates
- 30.4008, 130.9777
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