Mars Orbiter
Hope (Al-Amal)
Hope (Al-Amal) is currently about 280,411,877 kilometres from Earth, or 1.874 astronomical units, which puts a one-way radio signal 15.6 minutes out. It is 1.514 astronomical units from the Sun.
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The Arab world’s first interplanetary mission, watching Martian weather from a uniquely high orbit that sees whole hemispheres at once.
Captured stunning global views of Mars and rare images of Deimos.
Right now
- Distance from Earth
- 280,411,877 km (1.874 AU)
- Distance from the Sun
- 226,503,124 km (1.514 AU)
- One-way signal time
- 15.6 minutes
The mission
- Status
- Operational
- Operator
- UAE Space Agency
- Launched
- 2020
- Operating
- Mars