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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 VA<sub>28</sub>]], [[List of minor planets: 23001–24000#871|(23871) 1998 RC<sub>76</sub>]], and [[List of minor planets: 59001–60000#980|(59980) 1999 SG<sub>6</sub>]], 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 orbit its seventh and final asteroid, [[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" />
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