UAE Mars mission live stream: How to watch Hope reach Mars’ orbit

UAE Mars: Animation shows seven month journey

On February 9, the UAE and its Hope, known as Al Amal in Arabic, will reach Mars. Following its launch in July 2020, Hope has now completed a seven-month journey and will reach the orbit of Mars. The mission so far has been relatively seamless, but the most difficult part is yet to come.

Around 40 minutes before the machine is due to arrive at Mars, the UAE will have to perform its most daring feat to date.

This will involve blasting all of its thrusters for 27 minutes in order to reduce Hope’s speed from 121,000 kilometres per hour to 18,000 kilometres per hour.

If all goes to plan, Hope will then be situated in Mars’ orbit.

The machine will stay there for at least one Martian year – or 687 days on Earth – where it will provide a comprehensive data set of the weather and climate of Mars.

Ultimately, this research could be used for future human settlements.

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How can I watch the live stream?

The official Hope Mars Mission website – Emirates Mars Mission – will be hosting a live stream of the event tomorrow.

The organisation has yet to reveal when the broadcast will begin, simply stating on its website that a live stream is “coming soon.”

However, what we do know is that the probe is expected to reach the orbit of the Red Planet 3.42pm GMT (7.42pm UAE time) on February 9.

The process of blasting all of its thrusters will begin 40 minutes before the scheduled descent, so the live stream is likely to begin before or around 3pm GMT.

The Hope Mars Mission Twitter feed said: “Only 1 day separating us from witnessing the dream of a nation enter the dark 27 minutes that determine our future and our fate.

“We hope for Hope as it gets closer to being captured into Mars’ orbit.”

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Right now, you are able to track the path of the Hope probe on the Emirates Mars Mission website.

At the time of writing, the probe is just 1.2 million kilometres from the Red Planet, although this is changing rapidly.

The mission tracker also shows that it has been 203 days since Hope left Earth, and has so far gone more than 479 million kilometres.

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