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14/12/22 06:59 AM IST

Rashid Rover

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  • Rashid Rover was launched recently aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Rashid Rover
  • Rashid Rover, the Arab world’s first lunar rover, is named after late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, former Ruler of Dubai.
  • This rover will undertake a 3,85,000-kilometre-long journey to reach the lunar surface, making the United Arab Emirates (UAE) the fourth country to land on the Moon.
  • This four-wheeled rover weighs just 10 kg. It was built by engineers from the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) as part of a project that was launched in 2017.
  • The destination of the rover is the Atlas crater in the Mare Frigoris site on the Moon’s near side (the one facing the Earth).
  • It is equipped with two high-resolution cameras, a microscopic camera to capture the minute details, and a thermal imaging camera.
  • The rover will also carry a Langmuir probe, which will study the Moon’s plasma and attempt to explain the reason behind the stickiness of the Moon’s dust.
  • Rashid rover will study the lunar surface, mobility on the surface of the Moon and how different surfaces interact with the lunar particles.
  • The rover hitched a ride on the HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lander built by Japanese company ispace.
  • The mission is expected to last one lunar day, or 14 days on Earth.
Source- India Today

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