EMIRATES MARS MISSION.
                     EMIRATES 
MARS MISSION
INTRODUCTION
• Built by the United Arab Emirates, the Emirates Mars Mission is the first 
of three missions headed to the red planet.
• It has lifted off from Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan.
Source: Arab News
OBJECTIVES
• Understand climate dynamics & global weather map through low 
atmosphere of mars. 
• Understand the structure and variability hydrogen and oxygen.
Source: insightsonindia.com
LAUNCH OF THE VEHICLE
• Due to bad weather the Hope Probe took off with delay from the 
Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan.
• The probe has established two-way communication with the ground 
segment in Dubai.
Source: SpaceFlight  Insider
Growing space sector
• The UAE has launched satellites before in 2009 and 2013.
• They were developed with South Korean partners.
• The space agency was found in 2014 in the country.
Source: Emirates
Project Time Period
• Most Mars missions take between 10 to 
12 years to develop and execute.
• UAE scientists had done the project 
within just six years.
Source: Technology Times
Partners
• To build the spacecraft, they partnered with  the following:
– A team in the US
– University of Colorado Boulder's Laboratory 
– Mars Exploration Program Analysis Group (MEPAG)
Source: infographic Journal
Mars' weather system
• Mars' weather system, could help lead to 
an understanding of
– How a planet that used to share 
characteristics with Earth went from 
having rivers and lakes to having no 
water on its surface.
Source: Twitter
The Hope Spacecraft
• The United Arab Emirates’ first Mars mission aims to investigate the Martian 
atmosphere. 
• The orbiter’s giant solar panel wings will deploy in space after launch.
Source: space.com
How extensive is the Emirati space program?
• In collaboration with a South Korean company the Emirates built and 
launched three earth observing satellites.
• Emirati engineers worked side by side with their counterparts in Boulder, 
Colo., learning and assembled the spacecraft.
Source: Spaceflight Insider
MISSION HIGHLIGHTS
• Name: Emirates Mars mission
• Probe Name: Hope Probe
• Launch Window: July15 – Aug 12,2020
• Launch Location: Tanegashima Space Centre , 
Japan
• Cruising distance:493.5 million km
Source: BBC.com