UAE's historic Mars launch now planned for Sunday evening

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 17, 2020

The United Arab Emirates' historic science mission to Mars now is scheduled for launch from Japan on Sunday. Liftoff is planned at 5:58 p.m. EDT for the Japanese H-2A rocket carrying the Emirati orbiting satellite, named Hope, from the Tanegashima Space Center about 450 miles south of Hiroshima. The local launch time is 6:58 a.m. Monday. Weather concerns caused two delays over th