Hope Mars Mission Launch

The UAE Space Agency’s Hope Mars Mission was launched by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’s H-IIA F42 launch vehicle from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, at JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on 19 July 2020, at 21:58:14 UTC (20 July, at 06:58:14 Japan Standard Time - JST). The Hope Probe (مسبار الأمل) was developed by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in the United Arab Emirates and is designed to study the atmosphere of Mars. Credit: UAE Space Agency(UAESA)/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries(MHI)/Japan