Planetary Science
TIANWEN-2
OperationalPlanetary ScienceHeliocentric
Tianwen-2 is a Chinese asteroid sample return and comet exploration mission that launched on 28 May 2025. It is the second mission of the Planetary Exploration of China program of the China National Space Agency (CNSA), and the only planned mission to focus on small Solar System bodies. The probe departed Xichang Satellite Launch Center on a Long March 3B rocket.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 28, 2025 at 05:31 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B/E →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Tianwen-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Heliocentric
- Reference body
- Heliocentric
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-114A
- NORAD catalog №
- 64197
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Operational
