The date for the launch of Emirates Mars Mission’s “Hope Probe” has been announced by the Emirates Space Agency and The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center.
The launch is now scheduled to take place between the 20th and 22nd July 2020, depending on improved weather. The precise time of the launch will be confirmed in due course.
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The launch date was postponed due to continued thunderstorms, clouds and unstable weather conditions in the coming days on Tanegashima Island, the launch site Hope Probe Mission.
First announced in 2014, the Emirates Mars Mission represents the culmination of an innovative knowledge transfer and development programme between the UAE and international partners.
Hope Probe is scheduled to reach Mars in February 2021, which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the United Arab Emirates’ formation.
The probe will study daily and seasonal weather cycles, weather events in the lower atmosphere such as dust storms, and how the weather varies in different regions of Mars.
