UAE Hope Probe ready for transition to science orbit, data gathering
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The Probe has so far captured over 825 images of Mars using its three instruments
by Zainab Mansoor
March 10, 2021
The UAE’s Hope Probe is ready to transition into the science orbit, the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) has confirmed.
The announcement came following the completion of the probe’s commissioning and testing phase. The completion of testing is ahead of schedule and the transition to science manoeuvres will take place earlier than planned.
UAE: Hope Probe to move into Mars science orbit ahead of schedule
Nandini Sircar/Dubai Filed on March 9, 2021
The probe has so far captured over 825 images of Mars using its three instruments, generating some 30 GB of novel data on Mars’ atmospheric makeup.
The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) team has completed its commissioning and testing phase and the Hope Probe is ready to transition into the science orbit, experts announced on Tuesday.
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The completion of testing is ahead of schedule, meaning, the transition to science manoeuvres will take place earlier than planned for the Arab world s first interplanetary exploration.
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Hope Probe ready for science data gathering: Emirates Mars Mission
DUBAI, 9th March, 2021 (WAM) The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation, on Tuesday announced the completion of its commissioning and testing phase and its readiness for transition to its science orbit.
The completion of testing is ahead of schedule and the transition to science manoeuvres will take place earlier than planned. We have completed twenty-one orbits of Mars since we arrived at the Red planet on the evening of the 9th February, said EMM Project Director Omran Sharaf. In that time, we’ve been busy calibrating the Hope Probe’s three instruments, commissioning and testing the spacecraft’s instrumentation subsystems and using every opportunity to gather data while we’ve been in our capture orbit.
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