Question: On which of the following date, United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first-ever spacecraft, Hope has successfully reached orbit around Mars?
a) 08 February 2021
b) 10 February 2021
c) 09 February 2021
d) 10 February 2021
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:-
- On 09 February 2021; United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first-ever spacecraft, Hope has successfully reached orbit around Mars.
- UAE’s spacecraft Hope was launched in July 19, 2020, atop a Japanese H-IIA rocket.
- It took seven months trekking to the Red Planet and on Feb 09, 2021 Hope ultimately reached in the orbit mars orbit.
- Hope spacecraft needed half an hour straight to fire its thrusters to slow down (from 121,000 kph to 18,000 kph) and to slip into orbit around the Red Planet.
- With the successful Mars orbit insertion, the UAE becomes the fifth entity to reach the Red Planet, joining NASA, the Soviet Union, the European Space Agency and India.
- Mission personnel plan to relocate the spacecraft to its science orbit in May.
- That science orbit will see the spacecraft circling high over the planet’s equator every 55 hours.
- It will be a new orbit for a Mars spacecraft that will give Hope a unique opportunity to study large-scale atmospheric phenomena on Mars.
- The Hope mission is scheduled to last for a full Martian year (687 Earth days).
By – Rajesh Tripathi
Links:-
https://www.space.com/uae-hope-mars-mission-orbit-insertion-success
https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/uae-makes-history-as-hope-spacecraft-successfully-enters-mars-orbit-121021000094_1.html