The partnership will enable the sharing and collaborative analysis of data and observations made by EMM’s Hope Probe and NASA’s MAVEN
IT services and systems play a major role in problem-solving, decision making, and smart automation, which is a key objective of the space industry, says Abdulla Ahli, director – IT department, Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
The Hope probe – which entered Mars orbit in February – is following its planned 20,000 – 43,000 km elliptical science orbit
The images show atomic hydrogen surrounding Mars
The mission’s two-year science data collection will formally commence on May 23, 2021
The Hope probe took off from the Tanegashima Space Centre on July 20 on a 493 million km journey to Mars
Along with the Hope Probe, the UAE’s space ambitions and its endeavours towards a knowledge-based economy have also taken flight
The Ground Control station located in the Al Khawaneej area of Dubai has successfully received the first transmission from the Hope Probe too
The Hope probe will now lift-off on July 20, 2020, at 1.58am UAE local time
The launch is contingent upon improved weather conditions
A new launch date will be announced in the next 24 hours
The delay is due to the weather conditions at the launch site of Tanegashima Island in Japan
Broadcast of the launch will begin on Tuesday, July 14, at midnight UAE time
The unmanned probe is expected to enter Mars’ orbit on February 2021
The probe is expected to launch from earth in mid-2020