A historical Mars The launch has been delayed again due to problematic weather conditions at the launch site.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is eager to launch its first interplanetary mission, a Red Planet orbiter called hope. But the mission launch site, Japan Tanegashima Space Center, has been struggling with bad weather conditions throughout the launch window, which opened on Tuesday (July 14). The Hope Mars orbiter will launch on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA rocket to begin its journey to the Red Planet.
The UAE Space Agency is now targeting a launch between July 19 and July 21, according to statements by the mission team. (The launch would occur between July 20 and July 22, local time, at the launch site due to time zones.)
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According to another statement From the Hope Mars Mission Twitter account, the H-IIA rocket the spacecraft launches requires maximum winds below 70 feet per second (21 meters per second), with very little rain and no cumulonimbus clouds, Lightning strikes or lightning strikes along the flight path. More dramatic weather could send a rocket off course or make it a target for lightning strikes.
Personnel from the rocket company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and the Hope mission continue to monitor the weather at Tanegashima and then announce a specific launch time within the new dates.
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Why did the #HopeProbe release date change? #HopeMarsMission pic.twitter.com/V2qHixX1N616 July 2020
The Hope mission must launch before August 3 local time, to reach Mars this year. If the weather continues to interfere, the spacecraft will have to wait 26 months before Earth and Mars trajectories are again favorable for a launch.
Ironically, given the cause of the delays, the The job of the Hope mission is to study the climate and the atmosphere. on the red planet, offering scientists their first global glimpse of how the climate changes on Mars during the daily and seasonal cycle.
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