It is expected to reach orbit around Mars on February 9, a day before the Chinese and about a week before the American rover Preservation
The HOPE probe (Al Amal in Arabic) of the United Arab Emirates is functioning well. This is reported by the Space Agency of the United Arab Emirates. UAE Minister of Science Sarah Al Amiri and Astronaut Hazaa Al Mansouri They will participate in the Israeli space week that will be held in the second weekA.
The spacecraft makes its way to the red planet at a speed of about 82 thousand km/h. This is the first mission of an Arab country to Mars. It is expected to reach orbit around Mars on February 9 at 19:42 (UAE time), 18:42 Israel time.
The United Arab Emirates probe launched on July 20, 2020 from the Tengeshima Space Center in Japan, will be the first to reach Mars, followed by the Chinese Tianwen-1 spacecraft, which also includes an all-terrain vehicle and is expected to land on February 10. And on February 18, the NASA spacecraft is expected to land. In other words, the UAE spacecraft will only have a compass, the Chinese spacecraft will include both a compass and a lander. The American spacecraft contains a lander and a six-wheeled vehicle known as PRESERVANCE (persistence) that will travel on the surface accompanied by a helicopter equipped with a sophisticated camera and all together will explore the Jezero Crater, where scientists believe there was once a lake and look for signs of life if these ever existed on Mars.
Mars data will be shared free of charge
The UAE space agency hopes Tikva will orbit Mars for one Martian year, roughly equivalent to two Earth years, to provide the first ever complete picture of the Martian atmosphere.
The spacecraft is expected to collect more than 1,000GB of new data, which will be shared with more than 200 academic and scientific institutions around the world for free. By studying the relationship between the current weather of Mars and the ancient climate of the Red Planet, scientists will have deeper insights into Earth's past and future, as well as the potential for human settlement on Mars and other planetary bodies.
The most challenging part now for the Hop probe will be the transition to orbit around Mars. The manager of the United Arab Emirates' Mars mission project, Omran Sharaf, said at the ceremony that "accuracy is the key to success. If the probe flies too fast or slows down too much, it will crash on Mars or miss its orbit entirely. When it approaches Mars orbit, it will burn hop fuel for 30 minutes using its maneuvering engines and reduce its speed from 121 km/h to 18 km/h.
Mars program on the website of the Emirates Space Agency
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There is nothing Arab about this spaceship except for the western financing from the oil profits