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Hope

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Planetary science

Hope

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MBRSC

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Launched
19 Jul 202021:58:14 UTC
Active for
6 years 3 months
Destinations
Mars

The first interplanetary mission by an Arab nation. From a high orbit it tracks Martian weather through the whole day and across the seasons.

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Spacecraft

Active

Orbiter with a camera and two spectrometers, built by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre with the University of Colorado.

Launch mass
1,350 kg
Dry mass
550 kg
Size
2.9 m × 2.4 m, span 7.9 m
Power
Solar
Designator
2020-047A

Mission details from nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.