Mohammed bin Rashid: Our arrival in Mars, February 9, 2021

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God bless him, yesterday, through his Twitter account, published a picture of the Al -Amal probe for Mars.

His Highness said: “A copy of the Emirati al -Amal probe today for Mars on its journey, which remains 135 million km ... The date of our arrival, February 9, 2021.”

His Excellency Sarah Bint Youssef Al -Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Technology, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Space Agency and the leader of the scientific team for the Emirates project to explore Mars, "The Probe Al -Amal" in a post through her account on "Twitter", that the image was taken to Mars by the scientific ultraviolet, which is one of the scientific devicesIn the probe, while the previous image taken was from a stars tracking device that is used for navigation.

Continuous maneuvers

Al -Amal probe continues to advance successfully towards the completion of its historical journey to Mars, which is preparing to enter its orbit on February 9, while the total distance of its flight remains 135 million kilometers, which amounts to 493.5 million. , The third maneuvering of the "Al -Amal probe" path, which took place from the ground control station at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center, and this maneuver falls under a series of route guidance maneuvers, and main and important stations are formed in the probe journey to the Red Planet, in the preceding stage of post -launch tests Which took place completely, and for the probe to travel 493.5 million km to reach Mars, he needs during his long journey to a star -to -star devices and camera, which would help in drawing a perception of the probe to ensure his follow -up path, as he will need to locate his location accurately in The space permanently, to be able to direct its patch towards the Earth, and for this it depends on the sensors ’trackers using the patterns of the stellar gatherings, in a great similar to the style that the Bedouins and the sailors are used to in The time is to infer their path, while these tracking devices help in drawing a perception of the probe to ensure that it follows the required path.

Plan

والتقطت كاميرا تتبع النجوم أول صورة لوجهة المسبار نحو المريخ، وذلك على مسافة مليون كيلومتر من كوكب الأرض، فيما جاء ذلك ضمن Plan الاختبارات المعيارية والمراجعات للتأكد من عمل أجهزة الملاحة الفضائية ومطابقتها للمواصفات التي وُضعت لها، فيما يحمل المسبار 3 أجهزة علمية، صممت بشكل مخصص لتوفر المعلومات المطلوبة عن «أسباب تلاشي الغلاف الجوي للمريخ»، بينما ستوفر «أول صورة شاملة عن كيفية تغيّر الغلاف الجوي وتغيرات الطقس يومياً»، فضلاً عن «اكتشاف العلاقة التفاعلية بين الطبقات العليا والسفلى للغلاف الجوي للمريخ».

High accuracy

The devices include a digital camera to capture high -resolution colored images of Mars, ice measuring and ozone in the lower layer of the atmosphere, and the "infrared spectrum scale", which measures temperatures, distribution of dust, water vapor and ice clouds in the lower layer of the atmosphere, in addition to the "scale deviceUV spent »to measure oxygen, carbon oxide in the thermal layer, hydrogen measurement and oxygen in the top layer of the atmosphere.

With its mission, which relates to studying the atmosphere of Mars from a scientific orbit that is at the closest point to the surface of Mars at an altitude of 20 thousand kilometers and at the farthest point it is at an altitude of 43 thousand kilometers, and the probe will be able to complete a full cycle around the planet every 55 hours with a tropical tendency.25 degrees.

This orbit gives an advantage for the probe of hope for any other spacecraft, as none of the previous tasks to Mars did not have a similar orbit, but rather had orbits only to study the atmosphere of Mars at the same time during the day.

Follow -up to

ويمر المسبار حالياً بمرحلة الرحلة إلى المريخ، حيث يقوم فريق العمليات في المحطة الأرضية في مركز محمد بن راشد للفضاء في دبي، بمتابعة حالة المسبار بشكل دوري، وتعد هذه المرحلة مرحلة العمليات الاعتيادية، حيث يتم الاتصال مع المركبة الفضائية مرتين إلى ثلاث مرات أسبوعياً، للعمل على الPlan الموضوعة مسبقاً، والتأكد من صحة المركبة. وتتضمن هذه المرحلة كذلك متابعة مسار رحلة المسبار عبر إجراء سلسلة مناورات توجيه المسار.وعقب انتهاء مرحلة الرحلة إلى المريخ التي يمر بها «مسبار الأمل» حالياً، ستبدأ مرحلة الدخول لمدار المريخ يوم 29 ديسمبر المقبل، حيث سيركز فريق العمل في هذه المرحلة على تجهيز جميع أنظمة المسبار وإجراء المناورات الأخيرة، استعداداً لإدخال المسبار في مدار الالتقاط حول الكوكب الأحمر بشكل آمن في التاسع من فبراير المقبل. وسيتم استخدام حوالي نصف كمية الوقود الموجودة في خزانات مسبار الأمل لإبطائه إلى الحد الذي يسمح بإدخاله في مدار الالتقاط.

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