Rashid Rover Completes One Month in Space

Publish date: Friday، 13 January 2023

The Rashid Rover has completed one month in space the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) announced on Friday.

The Emirates Lunar Mission (ELM) team has completed 220 minutes of communication, a scheduled health assessment, and maintenance checks of the rover and its onboard subsystems and instruments.

The rover was powered on for 10 minutes daily for two weeks and the team on Earth is now communicating with it once every week.

The team is now preparing for the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) phase and surface operations.

During its mission, the Rashid Rover will conduct numerous scientific tests on the surface of the Moon that will contribute to making qualitative developments in the fields of science, communication technologies, and robotics. The impact of these developments will extend beyond the space sector and into various vital sectors in the national and global economy.

.@MBRSpaceCentre: The Rashid Rover has successfully completed one month in space, travelling close to 1.34 million km. Since the launch, the Emirates Lunar Mission (ELM) team has completed 220 minutes of communication with the world’s most compact rover.https://t.co/Wf8hhUSjRU pic.twitter.com/AzB6ELLDQh
— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) January 13, 2023

The first Arab-built lunar rover designed and built in the UAE by a 100 percent Emirati team of engineers, experts, and researchers, lifted off on 11th December 2022 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Rashid Rover Completes One Month in Space

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