Turkey congratulates UAE on successful Mars mission

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Turkey’s technology and industry minister on Thursday congratulated the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on successful placement of a spacecraft in orbit around Mars.

“The success of the United Arab Emirates Mars Mission, on which they have been investing for a long time, is worthy of appraisal,” Mustafa Varank said on Twitter.

ā€œEach new discovery in space has the potential of increasing international cooperation, serving the interests of the world peace,ā€ Varank added.

The Emirates Mars Mission, called Hope Probe, reached the orbit last week in the first attempt. Thus, the UAE became the first Arab country to place a satellite in Mars orbit.

In a statement, the Dubai-based Mohammed bin Resid Space Center stated that the spacecraft successfully entered the orbit and could send healthy signals to the center.

The 1.3-ton observation satellite, which was sent to Mars by the H-2A rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center of Japan in July 2020, will work on weather and climate change.

The Hope Probe is tasked to provide the first-ever complete picture of the Martian atmosphere, with three state-of-the-art science instruments designed to study the different aspects of the planet’s atmosphere.