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'''MBR Explorer''', also known as '''Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt''',<ref>{{cite news |title=UAE announces space mission to land MBR Explorer on asteroid 5 billion kilometres away |url=https://www.arabianbusiness.com/gcc/uae/uae-announces-space-mission-to-land-mbr-explorer-on-asteroid-5-billion-kilometres-away |date=29 May 2023 |work=Arabian Business |accessdate=14 June 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Touring Through the Asteroid Belt: United Arab Emirates Unveils Bold Mission |url=https://spaceref.com/science-and-exploration/touring-asteroid-belt-united-arab-emirates-unveils-bold-mission/ |date=29 May 2023 |work=SpaceRef |accessdate=14 June 2023 }}</ref> is an uncrewed spacecraft announced by the [[United Arab Emirates Space Agency]] in May 2023, for a 2028 launch to explore the asteroid belt.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Al Jazeera|title=UAE heading to asteroid belt as it announces new space mission|date=May 30, 2023|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/30/uae-heading-to-asteroid-belt-as-it-announces-new-space-mission}}</ref><ref>{{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>
It is named after [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum|Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum]], the vice president and the prime minister of [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]].<ref name=":0" />
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