launched from China

Tianwen-1 Mars Mission

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JUL 23202004:41:00 UTC

The Long March 5 launched Tianwen-1, China's first independent mission to Mars, which carried an orbiter, a lander and a rover. The orbiter entered Mars orbit on 10 February 2021, and the lander touched down on 14 May 2021 on Utopia Planitia, a vast plain in Mars's northern hemisphere. Its rover, Zhurong, named after a fire god of Chinese myth, drove onto the surface on 22 May and explored for about a year until it went into planned hibernation in May 2022, from which it never woke.

launched from LC-1 Wenchang

aboard Long March 5 Y4 into Areocentric

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carrying 5,000 kg of payload

Payloads · 5

  • 01

    Tianwen-1 orbiter

    Mars orbiter

    3,175 kg
  • 02

    Tianwen-1 Deployable Camera x 2

    Planetary exploration

  • 03

    Tianwen-1 Remote Camera

    Planetary exploration

  • 04

    Tianwen-1 lander

    Mars lander

  • 05

    Zhurong

    Mars rover

    240 kg

last updated Oct 30, 2026