Key facts
- Names
- Hope probe
- Operator
- Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
- Cospar id
- 2020-047A
- Website
- emiratesmarsmission .ae
- Mission duration
- 1941 days, ( since orbital insertion ), 2 years (planned)
- Spacecraft
- Hope ( Arabic : الأمل , Al-Amal )
- Manufacturer
- MBRSC , Partners:, LASP ( CU Boulder ) UC Berkeley ASU
- Launch mass
- 1350 kg, including, 800 kg hydrazine fuel
- Dry mass
- 550 kg
- Dimensions
- 2.37 m × 2.90 m
- Power
- 1800 watts from two solar panels
- Launch date
- 20 July 2020, 21:58:14 UTC
- Rocket
- H-IIA
- Launch site
- Tanegashima , LP-1
- Contractor
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Periareon altitude
- 20,000 km (12,000 mi)
- Apoareon altitude
- 43,000 km (27,000 mi)
- Inclination
- Supersynchronous orbit
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 550
- Orbital period
- 55
- Official website
- www.emiratesmarsmission.ae
- Image
- Emirates Mars Mission mockup at IAC 2021 01 (cropped).jpg
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2020-07-19
- social media followers
- 55074
- periapsis
- 20000
- apoapsis
- 43000
- nominal power output
- 1800
- native label
- مسبار الأمل
- Commons category
- Emirates Mars missions
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The Emirates Mars Mission (Arabic: مشروع الإمارات لاستكشاف المريخ, romanized: mašrū' al-Imārāt l-āstikšāf al-Murīkh) is a United Arab Emirates Space Agency uncrewed space exploration mission to Mars. The Hope probe (Arabic: مسبار الأمل, Misbar Al-Amal) was launched on 20 July 2020, and went into orbit around Mars on 9 February 2021.
The project was headed by Omran Sharaf. 200 Emirati scientists and engineers from the UAE and partner institutes were involved in the project. The mission design, development, and operations are led by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC). The spacecraft was assembled in the United States at the University of Colorado Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) by the Emirati engineers, assisted by their American counterparts, with support from Arizona State University (ASU) and the University of California, Berkeley. The project was led by MBRSC at every stage.