Mars Mission: The MOI marks the historic first interplanetary mission achieved by an Arab nation (Image: EMM)
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The orbiter will now maintain this captured course to calibrate and test its science instruments, before moving to its science orbit.
The unmanned Hope probe will proceed to provide the first planet-wide picture of Mars’s weather system and climate throughout the Martian year.
Omran Sharaf, said: “MOI was the most critical and dangerous part of our journey to Mars, exposing the Hope probe to stresses and pressures it has never before faced.
“While we have spent six years designing, testing and retesting the system, there is no way to fully simulate the impacts of the deceleration and navigation required to achieve MOI autonomously.