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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 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>
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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The MBR Explorer will visit seven asteroids; [[10253 Westerwald]], [[623 Chimaera]], [[13294 Rockox]], [[List of minor planets: 88001–89000|88055]], [[List of minor planets: 23001–24000|23871]], [[List of minor planets: 59001–60000|59980]], in a 5-billion-kilometre 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 on its 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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