.. and launched "the probe of hope" on Mars in a year

The United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) are expected to launch a "probe of hope" during their United Arab Emirates mission on Mars in less than 30 days. a year.

The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center announced that the program aimed to collect information on the weather layers of Mars and to study the causes of the loss of hydrogen and oxygen gas, the two main components of water , from the upper layer of the atmosphere of Mars.

For the first time, the task of space exploration will capture a global picture of the atmosphere.

March

The MBRSC announced that it was planning to launch the Hope probe or "The Hope Probe" orbiting Mars in mid-July 2020 and that it would reach the orbit of March in the first quarter of 2021, year of the Golden Jubilee of the United Arab Emirates.

A joint statement from the United Arab Emirates Space Agency and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center announced that the project

"The probe of hope" is the first Arab project to explore another planet. When the probe is sent to Mars, the planets will become very close, which happens every two years.

The probe will be launched from the Japanese Tanigashima center with a carrier rocket similar to that used for launching the satellite, but it will take seven to nine months for Mars to change its position to load its solar panels in the sun. Batteries, and should collect more than 1000 gigabytes of new data on the red planet.