Tianwen-1 (Mars Global Remote Sensing Orbiter and Small Rover)

Long March 5 launched Tianwen-1, China's first independent Mars mission, combining an orbiter with a lander/rover pair from Wenchang. The spacecraft entered Mars orbit in February 2021, and its Zhurong rover made China the third nation to soft-land on the Red Planet in May 2021.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

Helio-N/A

Heliocentric orbit

Payload to orbit

4.9 T

Flight

2nd

of 9 Long March 5 flights

Date and time

23 July 2020, 04:41 UTC

Rocket

Long March 5

Builder

CASC

Launch site

101, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Payload

Robotic Exploration

International designator

2020-049

Launches in 2020

55th of 114

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