Orbiter

Hope (Emirates Mars Mission)

UAE Space Agency · launched 2020

Watches Martian weather from a high, slow orbit.

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At Mars

223 million km (1.49 AU) from Earth; a signal takes 12 min 25 s

237 million km (1.59 AU) from the Sun, moving at 0.93 km/s relative to Mars

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The flight

  1. July 19, 2020

    Launched on H-IIA 202 from Tanegashima LA-Y1

  2. January 27, 2021

    Arrives at Mars

From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.

Facts

What it is
Orbiter
Agency
UAE Space Agency
Launched
July 19, 2020
Rocket
H-IIA 202
Launch site
Tanegashima LA-Y1
International designator
2020-047A

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