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Hope (Emirates Mars Mission)

2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return

Hope (Emirates Mars Mission)

First interplanetary mission led by an Arab country; studies the Martian atmosphere.

Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
20 Jul 2020
Lead / partner
United Arab Emirates
Target
Mars
Category
Planetary orbiter
Status
Success
Vehicle
H-IIA
Mass
1,350 kg
Orbit / trajectory
unknown
Duration
(''since orbital insertion'') 2 years (planned)

Why it happened

Hope (Emirates Mars Mission) flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of United Arab Emirates's work toward mars. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.

The mission

The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: First interplanetary mission led by an Arab country; studies the Martian atmosphere.

Results

First interplanetary mission led by an Arab country; studies the Martian atmosphere.

Related missions

Hope Perseverance / Ingenuity — same_target Perseverance … Tianwen-1 — same_target Tianwen-1 InSight — same_target InSight ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter / Schiaparelli — same_target ExoMars Trace…

Sources & image credits

  • EMM/Hope Mars mission imagery processed by Andrea Luck, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons · license: cc-by-2.0 (source, checked 2026-08-23)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog