The UAE spacecraft will go on a five-year trip that will take it 3.6 billion kilometres beyond Mars to reach the main asteroid belt. Officials from the United Arab Emirates announced that a spacecraft will be launched to examine a huge asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, following the arrival of a UAE probe on the red planet earlier this year. Officials said the unmanned craft will travel 3.6 billion kilometres (2.2 billion miles) over five years, drawing on gravity aids from Earth and Venus to reach the main asteroid belt beyond Mars.
In mid-2028, the mission will make its
first close planetary approach, orbiting Venus, followed by a close orbit of Earth
in mid-2029, according to a statement from the UAE Space Agency.
"It will fly by a main asteroid
belt object for the first time in 2030, then observe a total of seven main belt
asteroids before arriving in 2033 on an asteroid 560 million kilometres beyond
Earth."
The United Arab Emirates, which
consists of seven emirates including Abu Dhabi and Dubai, is a relative
newcomer to space exploration.
By 2024, the UAE aims to deploy an
unmanned rover to the moon. The UAE's de facto leader, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Zayed, said the new project sets a "ambitious" new aim
for the country. He tweeted, "The UAE is committed to making a significant
contribution to space exploration, scientific research, and our understanding
of the solar system."
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