Mitsubishi Heavy to launch UAE's Mars explorer in July

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday it will launch a Mars explorer developed by the United Arab Emirates in July.An H2A rocket carrying the "Hope" will lift off at 5:51 a.m. on July 15 from Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, and the spacecraft is expected to arrive on Mars in 2021 to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Middle East country.Related coverage:Japan eyes sending micro lunar probe on solid-fuel rocket in 2020sJAXA to start flight tests in June to develop reusable rocket techMitsubishi Heavy has launched three foreign satell…READ FULL ARTICLE