UAE has launched its Mars mission Hope on 20th of July this year2020. Well it was first kind of interplanetary mission launched by UAE. UAE had previous experience of launching earth observationary satellite with the help of South Korea and Russia named Dubaisat-1 and Dubaisat-2. Well as UAE has set to make it a historical event, there are some need to know facts about this mission.
#Hope mission has costs nearly 200 mnUS$. to UAE. It has been build with collaboration in between Dubai's Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and U.S. educational institutions.
# Hope probe weighs over 1500kg and carries instrument like high-resolution camera, Ultraviolet Spectrometer, a far-UV imaging spectrograph, InfraRed Spectrometer and a scanning spectrometer. These instruments will be able to help explain how the dust pushed the hydrogen upward.
# Hope mission is part of UAE's ambitious plan for Mars Settlement by 2117. Hope probe blasted off from Japan's Tanegashima Space Cente, for a seven-month journey to the red planet, where it will orbit and send back data about the atmosphere.
#Hope is set to reach Mars in February 2021, the year the UAE celebrates 50 years since the country’s formation.
# To reach Mars' orbit, Hope will travel nearly 494 million Km with an average speed of 121,000 Km per hour.
Well as UAE's Hope probe on the way to Mars' orbit, China's Tianwen-1 will proceed to Mars' in the coming few days. Well US is also in cue and it's Mars mission probe Perseverance will follow soon.
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