阿联酋火星探测器发射

7月20日，日本三菱重工业株式会社用火箭将阿联酋研发的火星探测器发射升空。
At 6:58 am local time, the H2A rocket carrying the Hope explorer blasted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
当地时间6点58分，阿联酋"希望"号火星探测器在日本西南部鹿儿岛县的种子岛太空中心由H2A火箭运载发射升空。
The 1.5-ton Hope explorer, which measures 2.9 meters in length and 2.37 meters in width, was developed at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in Dubai. It is expected to reach orbit around Mars in 2021 to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the UAE.
"希望"号重1.5吨，长2.9米、宽2.37米，由迪拜的****•本•拉希德航天中心研发，预计于2021年进入绕火星运行轨道，以纪念阿联酋建国50周年。
It is the fourth time for the Japanese company to use the H2A rocket to launch a foreign satellite into space.
这是三菱重工业株式会社第四次用H2A火箭将外国卫星送入太空。
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, officials in Minamitane Town, where the launch pad is located, have closed areas normally reserved for people to watch a rocket launch.
为遏制新冠肺炎传播，发射场所在的南种子町的官员关闭了通常供民众观看火箭发射的观看点。