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Feb. 24, 2021
Tianwen-1 mapping the landing area
On 24 February 2021, at 22:29 (23 February, 06:29 China Standard Time), Tianwen-1’s performed the third braking maneuver and successfully entered into an orbit with a perigee of about 280 kilometers, its preset parking orbit above Mars.
Tianwen-1 enters parking orbit around Mars
Tianwen-1 will remain in this orbit for about three months, mapping the landing area, before releasing its landing capsule. Tianwen-1 rover is scheduled to land on the southern part of Utopia Planitia. Tianwen-1 (天问一号) is China’s first Mars exploration mission with an orbiter, a lander and a rover. The name Tianwen (天问, Questions to Heaven) comes from a poem written by the Chinese poet Qu Yuan.
Tianwen-1 (天問-1) Mars lander. Image Credit: CNSA
Tianwen-1 (天问一号) is China’s first Mars exploration mission with an orbiter, a lander and a rover. Called "Tianwen" ("Questions in heaven"), the Chinese mission has three objectives: to place a probe in Martian orbit, to make it land on the red planet, then to remote-control a robot on the surface to conduct analyzes.
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