"The Hope Probe" ... the first step towards a thriving Arab space

 

Arabs are close to reaching Mars for the first time in history, after the "Hope Probe" approached the entry into the capture orbit around the red planet as part of the first Arab mission to explore the planets led by UAE.

The "Hope Probe", Tuesday, February 9, 2021, will reach the capture orbit around Mars, after it has traveled in deep space at an average speed of 121,000 kilometers per hour, for about 7 months, since its launch from the Tanagashima Space Base in Japan on July 20, 2020, travelling about 493 million kilometers.

The "Hope Probe", upon entering the capture orbit around Mars, is waiting for one of the most difficult challenges it has faced since its birth. This most difficult challenge is summarized in the fact that the probe launched into space at a speed of 121 thousand kilometers per hour must self-slow its speed to 18 thousand kilometers per hour, within 27 minutes known as "the dark 27 minutes", using the six reverse thrust engines "Delta V".

During these critical minutes, the call will be late to the ground station control center in Al Khawaneej in Dubai. Accordingly, the decisive moment will be, Tuesday, when the ground station team in Al Khawaneej will be able to receive the signal from the probe as soon as it passes the 27 dark minutes to announce the success of the mission at this stage.

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