China’s Mars Mission: What is special in Tianwen-1 launched?

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China has launched its first rocket on Mars amid Corona virus epidemic.

The six-wheeled robot, surrounded by a protective cover, was released from Earth by a ‘Long March-5’ rocket from Wenchang space station at 12:40 am (Indian time – 10:10 am) in China local time.

It is hoped that it will reach the orbit of Mars by February.

This mission is called ‘Tianwen-1’ or ‘Question to Heaven’ (question from heaven)

is. This rover will not try to land on the surface for the next two-three months.

This strategy of weight and sea was successfully implemented by the US in 1970.

This will help Chinese engineers to know what the conditions are on Mars before landing the rover. This will prevent accident or failure in any way.

How is Chinese Yan Tianwen-1?

A model of Tianvan-1

Tianwen-1 is targeted to land near the ‘Utopia Impact Basin’, just north of Mars’ Equator. This rover will study the environment here.

The design of Tianwen-1 is similar to NASA’s 2000s ‘Spirit and Opportunity’ vehicle.

It weighs around 240 kg and has easy-to-fold solar panels.

It has a long pole with a camera mounted on it. This helps in taking pictures and navigating the vehicle.

Apart from this, it has five other tools, which will help to analyze the stones on Mars and find water or ice here.

What is the purpose of this mission?

However, investigating the health of Mars is only half the purpose of this mission. The cruise ship attached to the vehicle will also study the entire planet through seven remote sensing devices.

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Nearly half of the ventures sent to study Mars have failed. Earlier in 2011, China also tried to launch a satellite on Mars, but its attempt was unsuccessful.

So far, only America has been successful in long-term ventures on Mars.

Therefore, this campaign of China is being considered very ambitious. However, before this, China became the first soft landing country in the world on the moon last year.

Tianwen-1 will use a capsule, parachute and retro-rocket to stay on the surface and reduce its entry speed. If all goes well, the landing mechanism will give it a ramp to land on the surface of Mars.

Chinese scientists want the vehicle to be on Mars for at least 90 days. A day on Mars is 24 hours and 39 minutes.

China’s Tianwen-1 is the world’s third mission to Mars in the last 11 days.

Earlier on Monday, the United Arab Emirates launched its ‘Hope Satellite’ on Mars, and a few weeks from now, the US space agency NASA is preparing to send its state-of-the-art orbit to Mars.

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