The "Probe of Hope" separated from its H2A launcher from its launch base, an hour after launching from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, on its historic voyage of exploration of Mars.

Within a few minutes, the "probe of hope" will operate the solar panels.

The "Probe of Hope", on the first Arab and Islamic mission to explore the Red Planet, reaches the orbit of Mars in the first quarter of 2021, on a 7-month journey.

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