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{{Short description|Planned UAESA mission to the Asteroid belt}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| mission_type = [[Asteroid]] multiple-flyby/orbiter/lander
| operator = [[Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre]]
| mission_duration = Flyby phase:<br>8.5 years <br/>Orbiter phase:<br>7 months
| launch_date = March 2028
| launch_rocket = [[H3 (rocket)|H3]]
| launch_site = [[Tanegashima Space Center|Tanegashima]], [[Yoshinobu Launch Complex|LA-Y2]]
| launch_contractor = [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]]
| interplanetary = {{Infobox spaceflight/IP
|type = flyby
|object = [[Venus]]
|note = gravity assist
|distance =
|arrival_date = July 2028<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=2023-06-03 |title=UAE outlines plans for asteroid mission |url=https://spacenews.com/uae-outlines-plans-for-asteroid-mission/ |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}</ref>
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight/IP
|type = flyby
|object = [[Earth]]
|note = gravity assist
|distance =
|arrival_date = May 2029
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight/IP
|type = flyby
|object = [[10253 Westerwald]]
|arrival_date = February 2030
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight/IP
|type = flyby
|object = [[623 Chimaera]]
|arrival_date = June 2030
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight/IP
|type = flyby
|object = [[13294 Rockox]]
|arrival_date = January 2031
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight/IP
|type = flyby
|object = [[Mars]]
|note = gravity assist
|distance =
|arrival_date = September 2031
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight/IP
|type = flyby
|object = [[List of minor planets: 88001–89000#055|(88055) 2000 VA<sub>28</sub>]]
|arrival_date = July 2032
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight/IP
|type = flyby
|object = [[List of minor planets: 23001–24000#871|(23871) 1998 RC<sub>76</sub>]]
|arrival_date = December 2032
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight/IP
|type = flyby
|object = [[List of minor planets: 59001–60000#980|(59980) 1999 SG<sub>6</sub>]]
|arrival_date = August 2033
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight/IP
| type = orbiter
| object = [[269 Justitia]]
| orbits =
| arrival_date = October 2034
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight/IP
|type = lander
|object = [[269 Justitia]]
|arrival_date = May 2035
}}
}}
The '''MBR Explorer''' is
The mission to explore the asteroid belt was announced by the United Arab Emirates Space Agency in May 2023, and the launch is planned for March 2028.<ref name="sn-20230603">{{cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |url=https://spacenews.com/uae-outlines-plans-for-asteroid-mission/ |title=UAE outlines plans for asteroid mission |work=[[SpaceNews]] |date=3 June 2023 |access-date=17 September 2023}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite news|date=May 29, 2023|title=The United Arab Emirates Is Heading for the Asteroid Belt|author=Kenneth Chang|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/29/science/uae-asteroid-mission.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|___location=Abu Dhabi|title=MBR Explorer: UAE unveils details of its mission to the main asteroid belt|author=Sarwat Nasir|date=May 29, 2023|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2023/05/29/mbr-explorer-uae-unveils-details-of-its-mission-to-the-main-asteroid-belt/}}</ref> Similarly to their previous [[Emirates Mars Mission|Mars mission]], the MBR Explorer will launch from [[Tanegashima Space Center]], this time on an [[H3 (rocket)|H3 Launch Vehicle]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foust |first=Jeff |date=2024-10-10 |title=Japan’s H3 to launch Emirati asteroid mission |url=https://spacenews.com/japans-h3-to-launch-emirati-asteroid-mission/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=SpaceNews |language=en-US}}</ref>
The '''MBR''' Explorer will visit seven asteroids in a 5-billion-kilometre journey<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-05-30 |title=Arabian spacecraft to search asteroid belt for clues to life's origins |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-30/uae-looking-for-clues-to-life-origins-in-asteroid-belt/102412156 |access-date=2023-06-06}}</ref>, and will attempt to land on its final asteroid, [[269 Justitia|Justitia]] in 2034.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-29 |title=MBR Explorer: All about UAE’s new space mission to Asteroid Belt |url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/science/mbr-explorer-all-about-uaes-new-space-mission-to-asteroid-belt-1.1685379884447 |access-date=2023-06-06 |website=Gulf News |language=en}}</ref>▼
The spacecraft will weigh around 2.8 tonnes and will travel at an average speed of 33,000 km/h.<ref name=":1" />
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The spacecraft will also drop off a small lander to set down on Justitia's surface.<ref name=":2" />
== See also ==
* ''[[Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]]'', an ongoing NASA mission that will similarly fly by various [[Jupiter trojan]]s.
* [[DESTINY+]], a planned JAXA mission that may fly past multiple [[Near-Earth object#Near-Earth asteroids|near-Earth asteroids]].
==References==
{{reflist}}{{United Arab Emirates space program}}{{Asteroid spacecraft}}{{Future spaceflights}}
[[Category:2028 in spaceflight]]
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