Tianwen-1
(TW-1, Huoxing 1, HX 1)
(active Chinese Mars rover/orbiter mission)
Tianwen-1 (TW-1)
is a Chinese Mars mission including an orbiter and rover,
launched in July 2020, which began orbiting Mars in February 2021
and landed a rover (Zhurong) on the surface in May 2021.
The orbiter's goal was two years of operation,
and the rover's goal was 90 days.
They were successfully deployed, but subsequent status
information has been limited: the rover traveled roughly
a mile on the surface and sent back information, I assume exceeding
its 90-day target, then went into hibernation for the Martian
winter and hasn't functioned since then.
As of December 2023, I presume the orbiter still functions.
Orbiter instruments:
- MoRIC - moderate resolution camera.
- HiRIC - high resolution camera.
- MOSIR - Mars orbiter scientific investigation radar.
- MMS - Mars mineralogical spectrometer.
- MOMAG - Mars orbiter magnetometer.
- MINPA - Mars ion and neutral particle analyzer.
- MEPA - Mars energetic particles analyzer.
Rover instruments:
- NaTeCam - navigation and terrain camera.
- RoPeR - Mars rover penetrating radar.
- MarSCoDe - Mars surface composition detector.
- MSCam - multispectral camera.
- MCS - Mars climate station.
- RoMAG - Mars rover magnetometer.
(Mars,probe,spacecraft,Chinese)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianwen-1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhurong_(rover)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AdSpR..67..812Z/abstract
http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/english/n6465652/n6465653/c6809882/content.html
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2020-049A
https://earthsky.org/space/zhurong-rover-china-polygons-utopia-planitia-mars/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/china-breaks-silence-over-status-of-mars-rover-zhurong
https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2024/09/09/chinas-tianwen-1-mission-unveils-the-most-stunning-true-color-map-of-mars-yet/
https://www.nssdc.ac.cn/nssdc_en/html/task/tianwen1.html
https://clpds.bao.ac.cn/web/enmanager/mars1
https://www.cnsa.gov.cn/english/n6465652/n6465653/c6811350/content.html
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202206/29/WS62bc043da310fd2b29e6950d_1.html
Referenced by page:
Mars
Index