Al-Amal (Hope)

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

21:58:14

Sunday July 19, 2020

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

Launch Notes

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

Al-Amal (Hope)

Wiki

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.

Heliocentric Orbit

1 Payload

1,350 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
H-IIA 202

Active 2001 to 2025

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries logo

Agency

MHI

Price

$90.00 million

Rocket

Height: 53m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 10,000 kg

GTO: 4,100 kg

Fairing

Diameter: 4.07m

Height: 12m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

LA-Y1

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Fastest Turnaround

25 days 4 hours

Stats

H-IIA


42nd

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2020

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries


1st

Mission of 2020

2020


53rd

Orbital launch attempt