UAE Mars probe H2A launch at Tanegashima Space Center 19th July 19:51
The H2A rocket equipped with the UAE Mars probe in the Middle East, which had been postponed due to bad weather, is scheduled to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on the morning of 20th.
The No. 42 H2A rocket, carrying the Mars probe "HOPE" developed by the UAE space agency, was originally scheduled to be launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture on 15th of this month, but it was postponed due to bad weather and again. It is scheduled to be launched at 6:58 am on the 20th.
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 for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which is launching a satellite, to launch an artificial satellite received from overseas with the H2A rocket, and we hope to make it successful and lead to the expansion of the satellite launch business, where competition for orders is intensifying. ..
Minamitane-cho, Kagoshima Prefecture, where the launch site is located, is closing the place where ordinary people will observe the launch due to the spread of the new coronavirus, and is seeking refrain from visiting.