UAE's mission to Mars

[Jonk]

The Amal Probe has arrived and is about to be placed into orbit....

Live stream here

Edit: Alternative stream here

Edited February 9, 2021 by Jonk

[Jonk]

It's not actually very exciting to watch, sorry!...but they have some impressive looking offices and equipment.

The insertion burn is about 25 minutes, and they'll receive the signal after 11 minutes following successful completion.

Hats off to them.

[Alien 13]

Fascinating.. I am strangely glued to it.

Alan

[Jonk]

Looks like it has worked! The Hope Probe is in orbit around Mars.

Only the 5th country in the world to achieve this.

[Sunshine]

Watched it live, very exciting, especially when it is a first for a nation.

[theropod]

1 hour ago, Sunshine said:

Watched it live, very exciting, especially when it is a first for a nation.

To be fair this work builds on previous efforts, but we learn by doing, and they’ve done it.

[PXR-5]

How awesome 👍