Main asteroid belt
MBR Explorer
MBR Explorer is a UAE asteroid-belt mission concept that plans multiple main-belt flybys before a later Justitia rendezvous.
Public references still frame MBR Explorer as an upcoming UAE asteroid mission with limited official detail, but the available schedule points to a 2028 launch and later main-belt operations.
View in 3D map ↗Official mission site ↗The mission
MBR Explorer is the United Arab Emirates' planetary mission concept for main-belt asteroids. Public material describes a 2028 launch target, a sequence of six main-belt flybys between 2030 and 2033, a 2034 rendezvous with Justitia, and later lander deployment.
The launch
- Launch
- Q1 2028
- Launch location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
- Launch vehicle
- H3
- Orbit
- Heliocentric transfer orbit to the main asteroid belt
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
- Now
Mission overview published
TBD · Main asteroid belt
Available official references describe the mission as a UAE planetary mission to the asteroid belt.
Open milestone source ↗Objectives
- 01
Survey main-belt asteroids with a UAE-led planetary mission.
- 02
Fly by six asteroids between 2030 and 2033.
- 03
Rendezvous with Justitia in 2034.
- 04
Deploy a lander after the Justitia encounter.
Spacecraft
MBR Explorer
Planetary spacecraft intended to explore main-belt asteroids and support a later Justitia landing campaign.
- Manufacturer
- UAE Space Agency and Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre
Gallery
One image from MBR Explorer.
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