NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Al-Amal (Hope)

Launch Time
Sun Jul 19, 2020 21:58 UTC

First Emirati Mars mission. First Martian mission sent by H-IIA rocket.

Rocket

H-IIA 202
Image Credit: MHI
MHI
Status: Active
Price: $90.0 million
Payload to LEO: 10,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,100 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 53.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 4.07 m
Fairing Height: 12.0 m

Mission Details

Al-Amal (Hope)

The Hope Mars Mission (Arabic: مسبار الأمل‎) also called Emirates Mars Mission, is a planned space exploration probe mission to Mars funded by the United Arab Emirates and built by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, the University of Colorado, and Arizona State University. The probe will study the climate daily and through seasonal cycles, the weather events in the lower atmosphere such as dust storms, as well as the weather on Mars different geographic areas. The probe will attempt to answer the scientific community questions of why Mars atmosphere is losing hydrogen and oxygen into space and the reason behind Mars drastic climate changes.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,350.0 kg
Heliocentric Orbit

Location

LA-Y1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Stats

2020

53rd orbital launch attempt

H-IIA

42nd mission
2nd mission of 2020
41st successful mission
36th consecutive successful mission