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{{Short description|Planned UAESA mission to the Asteroid belt}}

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| mission_type = [[Asteroid]] multiple-flyby/orbiter/lander

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| 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

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|type = flyby

|object = [[10253 Westerwald]]

|arrival_date = between February 2030 and January 2031

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{{Infobox spaceflight/IP

|type = flyby

|object = [[623 Chimaera]]

|arrival_date = between FebruaryJune 2030 and January 2031

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{{Infobox spaceflight/IP

|type = flyby

|object = [[13294 Rockox]]

|arrival_date = between February 2030 and January 2031

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|type = flyby

|object = [[List of minor planets: 88001–89000#055|(88055) 2000 VA₂₈]]

|arrival_date = between July 2032 and August 2033

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{{Infobox spaceflight/IP

|type = flyby

|object = [[List of minor planets: 23001–24000#871|(23871) 1998 RC₇₆]]

|arrival_date = between JulyDecember 2032 and August 2033

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{{Infobox spaceflight/IP

|type = flyby

|object = [[List of minor planets: 59001–60000#980|(59980) 1999 SG₆]]

|arrival_date = between July 2032 and August 2033

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The '''MBR Explorer''' is a planned uncrewed[[United spacecraftArab proposedEmirates underSpace theAgency|UAESA]] Emirates[[Uncrewed Missionspacecraft|space probe]] designed to thejourney to seven different [[Asteroid Beltbelt|main belt]] asteroids.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 May 2023 |title=UAE announces space mission to land MBR Explorer on asteroid 5 billion kilometres away |work=Arabian Business |url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/gcc/uae/uae-announces-space-mission-to-land-mbr-explorer-on-asteroid-5-billion-kilometres-away |accessdate=14 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=29 May 2023 |title=Touring Through the Asteroid Belt: United Arab Emirates Unveils Bold Mission |work=SpaceRef |url=https://spaceref.com/science-and-exploration/touring-asteroid-belt-united-arab-emirates-unveils-bold-mission/ |accessdate=14 June 2023}}</ref> ItProposed under the '''Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt''', it is named in recognition of the foundational role driving the creation and growth of the UAE Space Program played by [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum|Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]], the vice president and the prime minister of the [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]].<ref name=":0" />

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 spacecraft will weigh around 2.8 tonnes and will travel at an average speed of 33,000 km/h.<ref name=":1" />

The MBR Explorer will visit asteroids [[10253 Westerwald|(10253) Westerwald]], [[623 Chimaera|(623) Chimaera]], [[13294 Rockox|(13294) Rockox]], [[List of minor planets: 88001–89000#055|(88055) 2000 VA₂₈]], [[List of minor planets: 23001–24000#871|(23871) 1998 RC₇₆]], and [[List of minor planets: 59001–60000#980|(59980) 1999 SG₆]], in a 5-billion-kilometre total journey,<ref name=":0">{{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><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-10 |title=Ambitious Emirati Mission Seeks to Visit 7 Asteroids and Land on the Big Red One |url=https://gizmodo.com/ambitious-emirati-mission-visit-asteroids-landing-1850424877 |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}}</ref> and will attempt to land onorbit its seventh and final asteroid, [[269 Justitia|(269) Justitia]] in 2034.<ref name=":1">{{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 also drop off a small lander to set down on Justitia's surface.<ref name=":2" />

==References See also ==

{{reflist}}

* ''[[Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]]'', an ongoing NASA mission that will similarly fly by various [[Jupiter trojan]]s.

{{Asteroid spacecraft}}

* [[DESTINY+]], a planned JAXA mission that may fly past multiple [[Near-Earth object#Near-Earth asteroids|near-Earth asteroids]].

{{Future spaceflights}}

==References==

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