UAE's Mars probe H2A launched from Tanegashima 5:40 on July 20
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The H2A rocket equipped with a Mars probe from the UAE = UAE in the Middle East, where the launch was postponed, is scheduled to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 7:00 am on the 20th.
The H2A rocket No. 42, which was equipped with the Mars probe "HOPE" developed by the UAE space agency, was originally scheduled to be launched from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on 15th of this month, but it was postponed due to bad weather, 20 It will be launched at 6:58 am on the day.
The rocket is installed on the launch pad, and work such as injecting fuel is performed.
The installed Mars probe is about 8 meters long and weighs about 1.5 tons, and is planned to be put into orbit around Mars in 2021, the 50th anniversary of the founding of UAE.
This is the 4th time that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which is launching a satellite, will launch an artificial satellite that has been ordered from overseas with the H2A rocket, and if we make it successful, we hope to expand the satellite launch business, where competition for orders is intensifying.
Minamitane Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, where the launch site is located, is closing the place where the general public will observe the launch due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and is seeking refrain from the tour.