'Hope' and ambition drive UAE's Mars mission
These are external links and will open in a new window/ The United Arab Emirates will despatch a satellite to Mars to study its weather and climate this week. Hope, as the 1.3-tonne probe is called, is launching on an H-2A rocket from Japan's remote Tanegashima spaceport. The 500-million-km journey should see the robotic craft arrive in February 2021 - in time for the 50th anniversary of the UAE's formation. Lift-off is scheduled for 05:43 local time on Friday (20:43 GMT; 21:43 BST on Thursday). An earlier attempt on Wednesday was called ...
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