{"id":22273,"date":"2020-07-19T17:41:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T21:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22273"},"modified":"2020-07-19T19:59:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T23:59:53","slug":"video-launch-of-hope-mars-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22273","title":{"rendered":"Video: Launch of the HOPE Mars Mission [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>7:58\u00a0 pm EDT<\/strong>: The upper stage firing went as planned and the probe was successfully deployed. Communications with the vehicle have been established and the solar panels were deployed. The spacecraft&#8217;s next job is to use its attitude thrusters to orient itself so as to maximize power generation from the sun. The probe will reach Mars next February.\u00a0 After going into orbit, the spacecraft&#8217;s instruments will study the atmosphere and weather on the Red Planet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The ground station at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre has received the first signal from the Hope Probe. The probe is now heading towards Mars.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HopeProbe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HopeProbe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HopeMarsMission?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HopeMarsMission<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4eEucqppcT\">pic.twitter.com\/4eEucqppcT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MBRSpaceCentre\/status\/1284999154729717760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>6:31\u00a0 pm EDT<\/strong>: The launch has succeeded so far in reaching low earth orbit. The upper stage with the probe is now in a coast period before the stage will fire its engine for 4 minutes to send the Hope probe on its route to Mars. The stage will then separate from the probe soon after the engine boost ends. The firing should start at around 6:54 pm EDT (22:54 UTC).<\/p>\n<p>The countdown is nearing liftoff for the\u00a0 launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emiratesmarsmission.ae\/\">UAE Hope orbiter mission<\/a> to Mars on a Japanese <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H-IIA\">H-IIA rocket<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanegashima_Space_Center\">Tenaghashima Space Centre<\/a> in Japan. Below is the webcast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5:35 pm EDT<\/strong>: Currently all systems are green for liftoff at 5:38 pm EDT.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RrIc7ZlwbgE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iLcRd_RZ3Eg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SXsh4bQ52zY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Updates and background info<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2020\/07\/19\/h-2a-emirates-mars-mission-mission-status-center-2\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live coverage: Emirates Mars Mission counting down to liftoff today from Japan \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/uae-hope-emirates-mars-mission-launch-webcast.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The United Arab Emirates will launch its 1st-ever Mars mission today. Here&#8217;s how to watch live. | Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2020\/07\/uae-ready-for-first-mars-mission\/\">United Arab Emirates ready for historic first interplanetary mission &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>===<\/em><strong><em> Amazon Ad <\/em><\/strong><em>===<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B016VA9F30\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B016VA9F30&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=2d48d4e250ad8af51a4807f6b5098f9d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xtronaut: The Game of Solar System Exploration<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B016VA9F30\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B016VA9F30&amp;asins=B016VA9F30&amp;linkId=926ed1f3f0f85fe3cfa5778dd65a1145&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7:58\u00a0 pm EDT: The upper stage firing went as planned and the probe was successfully deployed. Communications with the vehicle have been established and the solar panels were deployed. The spacecraft&#8217;s next job is to use its attitude thrusters to orient itself so as to maximize power generation from the sun. The probe will reach &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22273\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: Launch of the HOPE Mars Mission [Updated]<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-5Nf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5481,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5481","url_meta":{"origin":22273,"position":0},"title":"Indian probe to fire engine for Mars [Update]","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Indian\u00a0\u00a0Mangalyaan\u00a0Mars Orbiter\u00a0spacecraft will soon begin to fire its engine for\u00a023 minutes, which will put the probe on an earth escape trajectory that will allow it to intercept Mars on Sept. 24, 2013. 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