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UAE on track to launch bold 7-asteroid mission in 2028

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UAE Space Agency is moving forward on a one -after-another mission to the main asteroid belt.

The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt ( EMA ) is projected to launch in March 2028 , ending its interplanetary tour by arriving at the asteroid 269 Justitia in 2034 .

Five of the seven asteroid targets are carbonaceous "C-complex" rocks.

EMA will be outfitted with four instruments: a visible narrow-angle camera, a mid-wave infrared spectrometer.

Hameli spoke at the 2024 Astrodynamics Specialist Conference in Broomfield , Colorado .

The still-to-be-built EMA spacecraft has two separate propulsion systems: chemical hydrazine thrusters and solar electric propulsion xenon Hall effect thrusters.

Hameli : "For me, this is a childhood dream. This is a huge step".

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