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TIANWEN - 1
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GS3China’s first Mars probe is called Tianwen-1 (formerly Huoxing 1).
□ ABOUT :-
◇ The spacecraft consists of an
orbiter, a
lander and a
rover.
◇ Launched last year on a Long March 5 rocket from
Xichang, China.
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Landing site: Somewhere in
Utopia Planitia, a vast plain in Mars’ northern latitudes and the same place
NASA’s Viking 2 mission landed in the 1970s.◇ If the mission is successful, China will become the
third country to achieve a Mars landing after the USSR and the United States.
□ FIVE CORE OBJECTIVES :-
◇ Create a
geological map of Mars.◇ Explore the characteristics of the
Martian soil and
potentially locate water-ice deposits.◇ Analyze the
surface material composition.◇ Investigate the
Martian atmosphere and climate at the surface.
◇ Understand the
electromagnetic and gravitational fields of the planet. ︎
SOURCE - THE INDIAN EXPRESS.
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