Long March 3B/E | Tianwen-2
Launch information
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Tianwen-2 is a planned Chinese asteroid sample return and comet orbiter mission due for launch in May 2025. The spacecraft will visit the Near Earth asteroid 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), collecting samples from its surface using both touch-and-go and anchor-and-drill approaches. It will return the samples back to Earth around 2.5 years after launch, with the main spacecraft proceeding to visit the main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS in the mid-2030s.
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Long March 3B/E | Tianwen-2’.
TBD
Status: To Be Determined
Class: normal
Launch T0: May 31, 2025, midnight
Timezone: Asia/Shanghai
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
Tianwen-2 (Asteroid) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation |
Rocket |
Long March 3 |
Location |
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China |
Pad |
Unknown Pad |
Type |
Planetary Science |
Orbit |
Asteroid (Asteroid) |
Satellites on-board
Tracking of on-board satellites will be available after the rocket launch date (May 31, 2025).
Launch statistics
Launch statistics will be available after the rocket launch date (May 31, 2025).
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China Readies Tianwen-2 for Historic Asteroid Sample Return and Comet Study
China Readies Tianwen-2 for Historic Asteroid Sample Return and Comet Study
China readies Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return spacecraft for launch
HELSINKI — The spacecraft for China’s Tianwen-2 combined near-Earth asteroid sample return and comet rendezvous mission has arrived at Xichang spaceport for launch preparations. The Tianwen-2 spacecraft arrived at Xichang […] The post China readies Tianw...
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