Tianwen-1 orbiter
OrbiterOrbiter that mapped the whole planet and relayed the rover's data.
- Launch mass
- 3,175 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,645 kg
- Size
- 2 m × 4 m
- Power
- Solar
- Designator
- 2020-049A
Image: Ling Xin/CNSA · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Launched
- 23 Jul 202004:41:12 UTC
- Active for
- 6 years 3 months
- Destinations
- Mars
China's first independent mission to Mars, which succeeded in orbiting, landing and deploying a rover in a single attempt.
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Spacecraft
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Zhurong
RoverSix-wheeled rover that explored Utopia Planitia with ground-penetrating radar for a year before going into hibernation for the winter, from which it did not wake.
- Launch mass
- 240 kg
- Size
- 0.8 m × 2 m, span 2 m
- Power
- Solar
- Last contact
- 18 May 2022
Mission details from nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov.