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UAE Mars mission liftoff on Japan rocket reset for Monday – The News Pocket
TOKYO – The liftoff of a United Arab Emirates’ Mars orbiter, postponed due to bad weather at the launch site in southern Japan, is now set for Monday.The
TOKYO – The liftoff of a United Arab Emirates Mars orbiter, postponed due to bad weather at the launch site in southern Japan, is now set for Monday.
The orbiter named Amal, or Hope, is the Arab worlds first interplanetary mission. The launch, initially scheduled for Wednesday from the Tanegashima Space Center, has been reset for 6:58 a.m. Monday (2158 GMT Sunday), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the provider of the H-IIA rocket, said Friday.
Mitsubishi, however, said there is a slight chance of …
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