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UAE's Hope Probe enters Mars' orbit

Updated On: 10 February, 2021 09:46 AM IST | Dubai | IANS

After Hope Probe's orbit entry, UAE scientists and engineers will spend two months testing the spacecraft and its on-board scientific instruments before the orbiter will transition to its science orbit, the MBRSC said.

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Dubai's Burj Khalifa is lit red as the UAE's "Al-Amal" -- Arabic for "Hope" -- probe's to Mars carries out a tricky manoeuvre to enter the Red Planet's orbit. - A tense half-hour today will determine the fate of "Hope". Pic/AFP

Dubai's Burj Khalifa is lit red as the UAE's "Al-Amal" -- Arabic for "Hope" -- probe's to Mars carries out a tricky manoeuvre to enter the Red Planet's orbit. - A tense half-hour today will determine the fate of "Hope". Pic/AFP

Hope Probe, the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Mars mission, has successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit, making the country's space agency the fifth in the world to achieve the feat, authorities announced here on Wednesday.

The Dubai-based Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced the probe entered the Mars orbit at 8.13 p.m. on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.

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