The Emirates Space Agency and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center has announced that the UAE Mars Hope Probe mission has been postponed due to weather conditions at the launch site Tanegashima Island, Japan.
The team is currently working on setting a new launch date for July, which will be announced in the coming hours.
The UAE Space Agency and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center, in collaboration with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, have announced a delay of the Emirates Mars Mission’s Hope Probe launch due to the weather conditions at the launch site of Tanegashima Island in Japan.
— UAEGOV (@UAEmediaoffice) July 14, 2020
According to weather forecasters, there is a 90 per cent chance of rainfall over the next 24 hours, in Tanegashima Island.
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