Live updates from Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai of Hope mission launch on July 20, 2020. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

The Emirates Mars Mission, known as Hope, was launched from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center and will arrive in Mars orbit in early 2021. Hope, which will analyze the Martian atmosphere, is the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission.

The launch, initially scheduled for Wednesday, had been postponed because of unstable weather.