Planetary Science
MARS EXPLORER ROVER B
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Tianwen-1 is an interplanetary mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) which sent a robotic spacecraft to Mars, consisting of six spacecraft: an orbiter, two deployable cameras, lander, remote camera, and the Zhurong rover. The spacecraft, with a total mass of nearly five tons, is one of the heaviest probes launched to Mars and carries 14 scientific instruments. It is the first in a series of planned missions undertaken by CNSA as part of its Planetary Exploration of China program.
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Launch
- Launch date
- July 8, 2003 at 03:18 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 7925H-9.5 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Opportunity Rover
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Mars
- Reference body
- Mars
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2003-032A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27849
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Radar cross-section
- 6.2707 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- January 25, 2004
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- January 25, 2004
- Time in service
- 201 days
- Fate
- Mission ended at Mars.
- Final status
- Decayed